Recontextualizing Satire of Brahmanical Dharmasastra in the Aggañña Sutta
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12908255 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Alf Hiltebeitel (George Washington University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2010 |
| Volume | 3 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 77-92 |
| Publication date | 2010-05-22 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Religions of South Asia (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1751-2689 • E-ISSN: 1751-2697 |
| Publisher | Equinox Publishing (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1558/rosa.v3i1.77 |
| OpenAlex | W2037712314 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 11 |
This article takes up passages that allow for comparison of Buddhist and Brahmanical ‘law’ in dharmasastra (including the early dharmasutras) and Vinaya. The discussion of Vinaya draws on Steven Collins’s demonstration of Vinaya allusions in the Aggañña Sutta. The article revisits the advocacy for a pre-Mauryan dating of this sutta, arguing that it is unlikely. It proposes that we redirect discussions of the Aggañña Sutta’s satiric and humorous allusions to Brahmanical law and practices to focus on the moment that involves the building of houses. And, taking this sutta to refer to written ‘books’, it challenges scholarly insistence on its orality
Art · Buddhism · Focus (optics · Literature · Orality · Political science · Theology · Anthropological Studies and Insights · History · Indian and Buddhist Studies · Law · Philosophy · South Asian Studies and Conflicts
Nirvana and Other Buddhist Felicities
The lion's roar on the wheel-turning king
The discourse on what is primary (Agga a-Sutta)
When Manu met Mah?sammata
The Semantic History of Dharma the Middle and Late Vedic Periods
The Buddha and the social contract
The Buddha's book of genesis
The post-canonical adventures of Mah?sammata
Bones, Stones, and Buddhist Monks
Cosmology and Meditation
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,1 |
| Citation span | 2016 - 2016 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |