Donations and Gift-Giving among Newar Buddhists, Nepal
The Newar form of Buddhism that is practised in the Kathmandu Valley constitutes an intricate pluralistic religious system. If we consider the situation today, it combines old forms of Mahāyāna and Vajrayāna Buddhism which rely on Sanskrit texts and recently adopted Theravāda beliefs and practices b...
| Subtitles: | Special Issue: Comparative anthropology of Buddhist transactions: moving beyond the Maussian terminology of the "gift." |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Wiley-Blackwell
[2015]
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| In: |
Religion compass
Year: 2015, Volume: 9, Issue: 11, Pages: 423-442 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Nepal
/ Newar
/ Mahayana
/ Theravada
/ Generosity
/ Donations
/ Ceremony
/ Hierarchy
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| RelBib Classification: | AD Sociology of religion; religious policy AG Religious life; material religion BL Buddhism KBM Asia KCA Monasticism; religious orders |
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Volltext (Verlag) Volltext (doi) |