ABSTRACT

First Published in 2000. This is Volume XI of sixteen of the Oriental series looking at Buddhism. It was written in 1922 and cover the period of 600 B.C to 100 B.C. and the early Buddhist Monachism, an investigation into the history of Buddhist monks and Hindu Sannyasis of ancient India.

chapter |10 pages

Introduction

chapter |4 pages

List of Books Consulted

chapter IV|11 pages

The Patimokkha as a Ritual

chapter V|27 pages

The Growth of the Buddhist Cenob ium

chapter VI|40 pages

The Internal Polity of a Buddhist Sangha

chapter VII|20 pages

Communal Life at an Avasa