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Book Title: Gathering Leaves And Lifting Words: Histories Of Buddhist Mo...
Number of Pages: 384 Pages
Publication Name: Gathering Leaves and Lifting Words : Histories of Buddhist Monastic Education in Laos and Thailand
Language: English
Publisher: University of Washington Press
Item Height: 0.6 in
Subject: Buddhism / General (See Also Philosophy / Buddhist), Education, Religious, Eastern, Buddhism / Sacred Writings
Publication Year: 2008
Item Weight: 25.6 Oz
Type: Textbook
Author: Justin Thomas Mcdaniel
Subject Area: Religion, Biography & Autobiography
Item Length: 9 in
Series: Critical Dialogues in Southeast Asian Studies
Item Width: 6 in
Format: Hardcover
