Power wealth and women in indian mahayana buddhism the gandavyuha sutra routledge critical studies in buddhism band 51 amazonde osto douglas massey university new zealand bucher. Power wealth and women in indian mahayana buddhism the gandavyuha sutra routledge critical studies in buddhism book 51 english edition ebook osto douglas amazonde kindle shop. Book description this book examines the concepts of power wealth and women in the important mahayana buddhist scripture known as the gandavyuha sutra and relates these to the texts social context in ancient indian during the buddhist middle period 0 500 ce. This book examines the concepts of power wealth and women in the important mahayana buddhist scripture known as the gandavyuha sutra and relates these to the texts social context in ancient indian during the buddhist middle period 0 500 ce employing contemporary textual theory worldview analysis and structural narrative theory the author puts forward a new approach to the study of mahayana buddhist sources the systems approach by which literature is viewed as embedded in a social . Power wealth and women in indian mahayana buddhism the douglas osto power wealth and women in indian mahayana buddhism the gandavyuha sutra london routledge 2008 200 pp 15000 cloth isbn 978 0 415 48073 4 reviewed by david v fiordalis published on h buddhism august 2009 commissioned by daniel a arnold university of chicago