UID:
almafu_9959227926802883
Format:
1 online resource (xii, 269 pages, 18 unnumbered pages of plates) :
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illustrations
ISBN:
0-19-773842-7
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1-280-52490-1
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0-19-536246-2
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1-4294-0004-8
Series Statement:
Oxford scholarship online.
Content:
Sri Lanka has one of Asia's most pluralistic religious cultures. From a study of the changing role played by one Buddhist deity in Sinhala religious culture, the author of this study develops a thesis about the mechanism of religious change.
Note:
Previously issued in print: 1991.
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Preface; Contents; 1 Introduction: The Setting and the Problem; 2 The Relevant Historical and Doctrinal Background; 3 Ascetic and King: The Iconography of Avalokiteśvara and Nātha; 4 The Politics of Deification in Medieval Sri Lanka: Avalokiteśvara Becomes Nātha Deviyo; 5 The Mythicization of History: Nātha and Pitiye in Kandyan Folklore; 6 The Power of Place: Oral Traditions at Rural Kandyan Nātha Devālayas; 7 Central Power, Sacred Order: Center and Periphery in the Kandyan Kingdom; 8 Nātha and the ""Rock Chief""; 9 Conclusion: Maitreya-in-the-Making; Notes; Bibliography; Index
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-19-506418-6
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1093/oso/9780195064186.001.0001
