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Seers (ṛṣi/isi) and Brāhmaṇas in Southeast Asia
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Brahmans and ṛṣis (Pal. isi) are important literary and cultural characters within Southeast Asian Buddhism, and a fair amount of scholarship on Southeast Asian Buddhism and religion refers to them in an ancillary way. The present discussion begins with the precedents for these figures in the Buddhist context of Pali literature, before turning to the roles played by ṛṣis and Brahmans in Southeast Asian Buddhism.

Brahmans and ṛṣis in the P…

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McGovern, Nathan, “Seers (ṛṣi/isi) and Brāhmaṇas in Southeast Asia”, in: Brill's Encyclopedia of Buddhism Online, Editor-in-Chief: Volume Editors: Jonathan A. Silk, Richard Bowring, Vincent Eltschinger, Oskar von Hinüber. Consulted online on 28 March 2024 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/2467-9666_enbo_COM_2061>
First print edition: 20190619



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