Dear All,

I am pleased to announce the recent publication of Buddhism, Law & Society, vol. 7 (2021–2022).

It is a special volume on "Epigraphic Evidence on Patronage and Social Contexts of Buddhist Monasteries in Medieval South and Southeast Asia."

Contents:

Preface: Buddhist Legal Documentation: Vihāras and Inscriptions on Stone and Metalby Rebecca Redwood French vii–ix

Introduction by the Guest Editors Annette Schmiedchen, Arlo Griffiths and Ryosuke Furui xi–xxiii

Kings as Patrons of Monasteries and Stūpas in Early Āndhra: Sada Rulers, the Rājagiriya Fraternity, and the “Great Shrine” at Amaravati by Vincent Tournier 1–57

Monastic Complexes for Monks and Nuns: The Social Fabric of Buddhist Monasteries under the Maitrakas in Gujarat by Annette Schmiedchen 59–98

Buddhist Vihāras in Early Medieval Bengal: Organizational Development and Historical Context by Ryosuke Furui 99–141

The Terms kuṭi and vihāra in Old Javanese Epigraphy and the Modes of Buddhist Monasticism in Early Java by Arlo Griffiths 143–229

Vihāras in Ancient Cambodia as Evidenced in Inscriptions by Kunthea Chhom 231–273

Études du Corpus des inscriptions du Campā, XII: Buddhist vihāras in Campā, from the 7th to the 14th centuries by Arlo Griffiths, Salomé Pichon and William A. Southworth 275–326

Burmese Inscriptions as Buddhist Legal Texts by D. Christian Lammerts 327–356

Best wishes,

Petra Kieffer-Pülz