Will the real Nigantha Nātaputta please stand up? Reflections on the Buddha and his contemporaries
It is a venerable academic tradition that Mahāvīra, the founder of Jainism known in the Pāli literature as Nigantha Nātaputta , was a somewhat older contemporary of the Buddha. This article describes the role of Nigantha Nātaputta in Buddhist literature and how this identification of Nigantha Nātapu...
| Published in: | Journal for the study of religion |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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ASRSA
[2015]
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| In: |
Journal for the study of religion
Year: 2015, Volume: 28, Issue: 1, Pages: 100-114 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Mahāvīra ca. 5. Jh. v. Chr.
/ Buddhist literature
/ Jainism
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| RelBib Classification: | BL Buddhism |
| Further subjects: | B
Jainism
B Nigantha Nátaputta B Gotama Buddha B Early Buddhism B Mahávïra |
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