Early Buddhist Theory of Knowledge

Download or read book Early Buddhist Theory of Knowledge written by Kulatissa Nanda Jayatilleke and published by Motilal Banarsidass Publishe. This book was released on 1998 with total page 526 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book is based primarily on the source material available in the Pali Canon, studied historically and philosophically in the light of the contemporary, earlier and later literary evidence related to the subject. The antiquity and authenticity of the material is vouchsafed by the literary, linguistic, ideological, sociological and historical evidence existing in to Pali Canon itself. The book traces the origin of the theory of knowledge and its development in early Buddhism--the Hinayana Buddhism of Pali Canon. The book is documented with a Preface, List of Abbreviations, an Appendix, Chronological Table of Schools, Bibliography and Index.