Jens Borgland

PersonType	Category:Authors of English Works
FirstName / namefirst	Jens
LastName / namelast	Borgland
namemiddle	Wilhelm
MainNamePhon	Jens Borgland
SortName	Borgland, Jens
bio	Jens W. Borgland is a historian of religion, philologist and Sanskrit critic, with a broad interest in Indian religion, philosophy and language. His scientific activity mainly deals with illuminating the history of Indian religion - with a special focus on Indian Buddhism - through philological studies of sources in Sanskrit, Pali, Tibetan and Chinese. He is particularly interested in Buddhist monastic rules (vinaya) and Sanskrit manuscripts of texts belonging to the Mūlasarvāstivāda school. (Source Accessed Sep 10, 2021)
associatedwebsite	https://katalog.uu.se/profile/?id=N17-743
affiliation	Uppsala University
phduniversity	University of Oslo
education	Ph.D., University of Oslo, 2014
IsInGyatsa	No
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Vinaya refers to the corpus of Buddhist teachings on moral discipline and precepts and is one of the three canonical sets of teachings alongside Sūtra and Abhidharma. It also refers to the monastic tradition which has been passed down since the Buddha's time until our time.