Previous scholarship has explored the Buddhist perspective on war and peace in Early Buddhism, offering valuable insights into Buddhist attitudes toward war. However, the specific ways in which warriors were persuaded through arguments to convert to Buddhism, and the prevalence of warfare-related allusions in Buddhist teachings, are still a topic underexplored that has not received sufficient attention in previous scholarship. This study examines the significance of references to the war context in the Pāli Canon. Comparing it with Brahmanical prose and Jain scriptures and contrasting the transmission of Buddhist thought into the Chinese language, this study demonstrates the narratives on the spiritual contest and the Buddhist warriors’ proclamation of Brahminical terms and ideals for royal patronage. This article discusses the significance of the relationship between the war context in the Nikāyas and the historical implications of incorporating the ideals and archetypes of Aryan warriors into Buddhist teachings.
Efraín Villamor Herrero (Fri,) studied this question.