How Theravāda is Theravāda? : exploring Buddhist identities / edited by Peter Skilling, Jason A. Carbine, Claudio Cicuzza, Santi Pakdeekham.

Based on presentations at a panel in 2007.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Was Buddhaghosa a Theravāda? : Buddhist Identity in the Pali Commentaries and Chronicles / Rupert Gethin -- The Teaching of the Abhayagiri School / L.S. Cousins -- Sthavira, Thera and '*Sthaviravāda' in Chinese Buddhist Sources / Max Deeg -- The King and his Bhagavā: The meaning of Pagan's early Theravādas / Lilian Handlin -- Sāsanasuddhi/Sīmāsammuti: Comments on a Spatial Basis of the Buddha's Religion / Jason A. Carbine -- Lineage, Inheritance, and Belonging: Expressions of Monastic Affiliation from Lankā / Anne M. Blackburn -- King Rāma I and Wat Phra Chetuphon: the Buddha-śāsanā in Early Bangkok / Peter Skilling -- The Benefits of Ordination according to the Paramatthamaṅgala / Claudio Cicuzza -- Circulation of Texts in Mid-Nineteenth Century Cambodia: A new reading of Inscription K. 892 (Batt Tā Tok, CE 1857) / Olivier de Bernon -- King Mongkut's Invention of a Universal Pali Script / Venerable Phra Anil Sakya -- Thai Ideas about Hinayāna-Mahāyāna : Correspondence between King Chulalongkorn and Prince Narisranuvattiwong / Arthid Sheravanichkul -- Whence Theravāda? The Modern Genealogy of an Ancient Term / Todd LeRoy Perreira.