Kontakte, Konzile, Kontroversen: Begegnungen in der Theravāda-Kosmopolis, ca. 1000–1300
- Submitting institution
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Manchester Metropolitan University
- Unit of assessment
- 28 - History
- Output identifier
- 233
- Type
- C - Chapter in book
- DOI
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10.13109/9783666571343.129
- Book title
- Religionsbegegnung in der asiatischen Religionsgeschichte
- Publisher
- Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht
- ISBN
- 9783525571347
- Open access status
- Out of scope for open access requirements
- Month of publication
- January
- Year of publication
- 2019
- URL
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- Supplementary information
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
- No
- COVID-19 affected output statement
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- Forensic science
- No
- Criminology
- No
- Interdisciplinary
- No
- Number of additional authors
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0
- Research group(s)
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A - Race, religion and community
- Proposed double-weighted
- No
- Reserve for an output with double weighting
- No
- Additional information
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- Author contribution statement
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- Non-English
- Yes
- English abstract
- German. The article examines for the first time the transnational or ‘ecumenical’ Buddhist councils taking place at Bagan (Myanmar) during the 12th and 13th centuries, using new evidence from recently-found Pali inscriptions. Highlighting the cosmopolitan composition of the participants and especially the presence of monks from Sri Lanka, it draws parallels to the contemporary and better-known councils convened on the island to show that the major outcomes of this interaction included the shared Theravadin monastic tradition of ‘forest-dwelling’, and the position of the sangharaja or formal head of the monks’ order, which took a different role in the two countries.