The Buddhist Jurisprudence

Contents: Foreword. 1. Introduction. 2. Patimokkha – laws for monks. 2. A struggle of women. 4. History of the struggle of the Buddhist women. 5. Patimokkha – laws for nuns. Afterwords. bibliography.

The Buddhist Jurisprudence was established by Gotama Buddha, in 6th cent B.C. In the first Buddhist council, Ven Mahakassapa along with five hundred monks chanted and learnt by heart all the laws and were codified in Vinaya Pitaka. Unfortunately, so far no one except Dr. Durga Bhagwat had worked on the Buddhist Jurisprudence. However it was based only on some Patimokkha-rules. Hence in the present book all rules, regulations and laws which were laid down by the Buddha are critically studied and analysed.