Precisazioni intorno a una regola alimentare buddhista nella <i>Cronografia</i> di BarhebraeusStudi Classici e OrientaliSyriaca.org: The Syriac Reference PortalThe National Endowment for the HumanitiesThe International Balzan Prize FoundationDavid A. Michelsoncbsc_adminRecord added to Zotero bycbsc_adminSyriaca.org: The Syriac Reference Portalhttp://syriaca.org/cbss/J9JHRB3V/tei
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CREATED: This bibl record was autogenerated from a Zotero record.RobertoBertozziPrecisazioni intorno a una regola alimentare buddhista nella <i>Cronografia</i> di Barhebraeushttp://syriaca.org/cbss/J9JHRB3Vhttps://www.zotero.org/groups/a_comprehensive_bibliography_on_syriac_studies/items/J9JHRB3Vhttps://www.zotero.org/groups/4861694/items/J9JHRB3VStudi Classici e Orientali61:12015471-477In the chapter dealing with Mongol religious habits in the <i>Chronography </i>by Barhebraeus (1225/6-1286), we find precise reference to a Buddhist rule on the consumption of meat: the rule states that if the meat of an animal killed on purpose is offered to monks, they are not allowed to eat it. Barhebraeus’ primary source concerning the Mongols was the Persian <i>History of the World’s Conqueror</i> by ʽAṭā Malek Jovayni, which makes no mention of this rule in the corresponding passage: it must have been an addition of Barhebraeus himself, based on his personal experience. For this reason, we can assume that he had met some Buddhist monks, most likely during his stay in Maragha. In the region of the Ilkhanid capital, a flourishing cultural center of the Near East, there must have been several Buddhist temples and/or monasteries, as we know from later historiographical accounts (Rašīd al-Dīn, al-Qāšānī). Along with several other data (mainly literary and topographical), this reference provides significant evidence of a sizeable Buddhist presence in Western Iran, that is farther west than the limit of securely identifiable Buddhist archaeological remains (i.e., the Kandahar – Merv line).
Bertozzi, Roberto. “Precisazioni Intorno a Una Regola Alimentare Buddhista Nella Cronografia Di Barhebraeus.” Studi Classici e Orientali 61:1 (2015): 471–77.
Roberto Bertozzi, Precisazioni Intorno a Una Regola Alimentare Buddhista Nella Cronografia Di Barhebraeus,” Studi Classici e Orientali 61:1 (2015): 471–77.BarhebraeusBuddhismJacobitesMongolsVII-XVIII CEXIII CEethnographyfoodhistoriography