22 x 14.5 cm. Hardcover with dust jacket, xii, 172 pages. Text in English. Stamp on endpaper, paper slightly browned. Very good condition. See picture.
Second edition of this classic 1924 study on the institutional development of early Buddhist monastic life. Explores the origins, laws, and practices of the Sangha, including detailed treatment of the Vinayapiṭaka, the Pātimokkha, communal life, and internal governance of the early Buddhist cenobium.
