Saving Them From Yourself: AnInquiry into the South Asian Gift of Fearlessness

This article considers the importance of indigenous classifications in the study of comparative ethics. Specifically, it explores medieval South Asian gift discourses from Jain, Theravada, and Hindu Dharmasastra sources, which list and discuss a variety of prescribed gifts. Such lists generally incl...

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Main Author: Hibbets, Maria (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Wiley-Blackwell 1999
In: Journal of religious ethics
Year: 1999, Volume: 27, Issue: 3, Pages: 437-462
Further subjects:B Fear
B Theravada Buddhism
B Jainism
B Poison
B Dharmasastra
B Altruism
B comparative ethics
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