Eastern monachism: an account of the origin, laws, discipline, sacred writings, mysterious rites, religious ceremonies, and present circumstances, of the order of mendicants founded by Gotama Budha, (compiled from Singhalese mss. and other original sources of information); with comparative notices of the ... western ascetics, and a review of the monastic system
Hardy, R. Spence (Robert Spence), 1803-1868