Journal article
Authors and Editors in the Literary Traditions of Asian Buddhism
- Abstract:
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Time and again in modern studies of traditional Buddhist literature, we find the unreflective use of words like ‘author.’ Such words are a natural part of our modern lexicon, and at first glance seem to be implied by Buddhist literary conventions too, for example in colophons or catalogues. Little wonder that we use them so freely. We happily say so-and-so ‘wrote’ a meditation manual, ‘composed’ a commentary, or ‘revealed’ a scripture. Yet on reflection, this is a potentially hazardous way to...
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- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Not peer reviewed
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Bibliographic Details
- Publisher:
- International Association of Buddhist Studies Publisher's website
- Journal:
- Journal of the International Association of Buddhist Studies Journal website
- Volume:
- 36/37
- Pages:
- 195-204
- Publication date:
- 2015-08-14
- ISSN:
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0193-600X
- Source identifiers:
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591960
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- Pubs id:
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pubs:591960
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- Local pid:
- pubs:591960
- Deposit date:
- 2016-01-20
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- International Association of Buddhist Studies
- Copyright date:
- 2015
- Notes:
- © Copyright 2015 by the International Association of Buddhist Studies, Inc. This is the publisher's version of the article. The final version is available online from the International Association of Buddhist Studies at: https://journals.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/index.php/jiabs/issue/view/2143]
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