Title:
Inception of Discipline and Vinaya-Nidana
Authors:
N. A. Jayawickrama
Publisher:
Luzac & Company LTD
Pages:
222
Year:
1962
ISBN:
9780860130451
Category:
Vinaya
Copies:
1 total, 1 available
Description:
The Inception of Discipline and the Vinaya NidÄna is a seminal 1962 academic book edited and translated by N. A. Jayawickrama, a prominent Professor of Pali and Buddhist Civilization. The volume is a precise English translation and critical edition of the BÄhiranidÄna (the introductory historical prologue) of Buddhaghosa's SamantapÄsÄdikÄ, which serves as the primary commentary on the Vinaya Piį¹aka (the Buddhist monastic code of discipline).