Studies in the Origins of Buddhism

Stratification of the Pāli canon, chronology of texts, pre-Buddhist religious background, early doctrines and their development.

Language: English
Author: Govind Chandra Pande
Extent: 3,901 passages, 168,938 words
Text: complete digital text
Source: archive.org · Allahabad: University of Allahabad 1957; scan on archive.org, OCR Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite; chapters and… · In copyright (Govind Chandra Pande †2011); freely available on archive.org — shown with credit and a link to…

c1 Studies in the Origins of Buddhism — 4 parts
c2 Preface — 13 parts
c3 Contents — 31 parts
c4 Part I. Studies in Early Buddhist Sources — 1 part
c5 Chapter I. The Buddhist Canon and Its Chronology — 111 parts
c6 Chapter II. The Stratification of the Nikāyas: Problems and Methods — 207 parts
c7 Chapter III. The Stratification of Sutta-Nipāta Itivuttaka and Udāna — 133 parts
c8 Chapter IV. Early and Late in the Dīgha-Nikāya — 202 parts
c9 Chapter V. Early and Late in the Majjhima-Nikāya — 158 parts
c10 Chapter VI. Early and Late in the Saṃyutta-Nikāya — 87 parts
c11 Chapter VII. Early and Late in the Aṅguttara Nikāya — 103 parts
c12 Part II. Studies in the Historical and Cultural Background of Buddhism — 6 parts
c13 Chapter VIII. Review of the Vedic Background — 404 parts
c14 Chapter IX. Religious Conditions in the Age of Buddha — 105 parts
c15 Chapter X — 195 parts
c16 Part III. Studies in Early Buddhist Doctrines — 4 parts
c17 Chapter XI. Suffering and Its Origin — 287 parts
c18 Chapter XII. Nirvāṇa — 457 parts
c19 Chapter XIII. The Way to Nirvāṇa — 160 parts
c20 Chapter XIV. Early Buddhism in Relation to Its Rivals and Forerunners — 10 parts
c21 Chapter XV. Some Trends in the Post-Nikāya Development of Buddhism — 54 parts
c22 Appendix 1. Early Jaina Sources — 33 parts
c23 Appendix II. On the Home of Pali — 14 parts
c24 Appendix III. On the Maitrāyaṇīyopaniṣad — 4 parts
c25 Abbreviations and Bibliography — 117 parts
c26 Index — 73 parts
c27 Errata — 13 parts

Studies in the Origins of Buddhism

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