Negative Campaigning: Polemics against Brahmins in a Buddhist Sutta
This paper takes a close look at the ways Brahmins are portrayed in one sutta of the Pāli canon that explains the ‘five ancient principles of Brahmins that today are seen in dogs, but not in Brahmins’. The paper analyses the method of comparing Brahmins with dogs and discusses the rhetorical purpose...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Equinox
2009
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Religions of South Asia
Year: 2009, Volume: 3, Issue: 1, Pages: 61-76 |
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Pāli canon
B Buddhism B religious market B Dogs B Rhetoric B Polemics B Humour B Brahmanism |
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