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Demonstrates that Buddhists appropriated the practice, vocabulary, and ideology of sacrifice from Vedic religion, and discusses the relationship of this sacrificial discourse to ideas of karma in the Pali canon and in early Buddhism.

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Formatera PDF ● Sidor 208 ● ISBN 9781136859151 ● Utgivare Taylor and Francis ● Publicerad 2013 ● Nedladdningsbara 6 gånger ● Valuta EUR ● ID 2858939 ● Kopieringsskydd Adobe DRM

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