01350nam a22002417a 4500 20230628145548.0 230628b ||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d 8185604770 AL English 23 294.363 ILAG Kancha Ilaiah 125022 God as Political Philosopher: Buddhas Challenge to Brahminism Kolkata Samya 2001 244 p. PB 21.5x14 cm. In this provocative and scholarly book, Kancha Ilaiah propounds a view of Gautama Buddha as India's first social revolutionary. Buddha did his best to give the principles of tribal democracy and egalitarianism a sanctuary in his own sangha. In so doing he foreshadowed modern India's experiment with parliamentary democracy. Critical of the caste system, Buddha inducted low caste members into the sangha and made them his trusted advisers. He gave women an honoured place in the sangha. Dissent was indeed permitted, and even Buddha was not above the law. Pre-dating Socrates and Plato by some years, Buddha also foreshadowed key elements of their philosophy. Gautama Buddha 125023 Buddhism and state 125024 Buddhist sociology 125025 Politics and government 125026 ILAIAH (Kancha) 125027 ddc DB 227703 227703 0 0 ddc 0 0 OTH AL AL 2023-06-24 0 294.363 ILAG D05970 2023-06-28 00:00:00 2023-06-28 DB Donated by V.T. Rajshekar