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Eastern monachism : an account of the origin, laws, discipline, sacred writings, mysterious rites, religious ceremonies, and present circumstances of the order of mendicants founded by Gótama Budha, (compiled from Singhalese mss. and other original sources of information); with comparative notices of the usages and institutions of the western ascetics and a review of the monastic system

eBook, English, 1860
Williams and Norgate, London, 1860
1 online resource (xi, 443 pages)
1042928726
Originally published in 1850
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