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. Power wealth and women in indian mahayana buddhism the gandavyuha sutra de osto although modern scholars have been investigating mahayana buddhism for over a century much remains unknown about the origins and early development of this movement within india. 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. 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. 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