Contact
80539 München
Room:
203
Phone:
+49 (0)89 / 2180 - 3814
Email:
a.gamage@lmu.de
Under the auspices of a DFG (Eigene Stelle) grant, Aruna Gamage conducts research on the project titled The Early Lost Legal Commentaries of the Mahāvihāra Tradition: A Contribution to the Development of Buddhist Monastic Law. His primary research interests lie in Abhidhammic and legal hermeneutics within the Mahāvihāra Buddhist school.
Recent Publications
2024a : “Commentaries vs. Subcommentaries: unity and diversity of the hermeneutics on monastic law of the Mahāvihāra school.” Buddhadhamma Centre’s Journal of Buddhist Studies, 20, 101–137.
2024b : “Convention of speech (rūḷhi) in Theriya Buddhism: the law of generalization”. Journal of Pali Text Society, 35, 7–55.
2024c : “Passion for intercourse (methunarāga) vs. passion for bodily contact (kāyasaṃsaggarāga): A Study of Exegeses in the Mahāvihāra-Vinaya.” Journal of Buddhism, Law & Society, 8, 81–111.
2023a : “The Locative of Cause Discounted: A Study of the Grammatical Exegeses in the Mahāvihāra Buddhist School.” International Journal of Buddhist Thought & Culture, 33/2, 183–216.
2023b : “Many for One: An Exegetical Method in Mahāvihāra Buddhism.” Journal of the Oxford Centre for Buddhist Studies, 23, 118–147.