Reading the Mahāvaṃśa : the literary aims of a Theravāda Buddhist history / Kristin Scheible.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Scheible, Kristin, author.

Series:

South Asia across the disciplines

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mahānāma, active 5th century. Mahāvaṃsa.

Mahānāma.

Mahāvaṃsa (Mahānāma).

Buddhist literature, Pali--History and criticism.

Buddhist literature, Pali.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

viii, 223 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : Columbia University Press, [2016]

Contents:

1 Instructions, Admonitions, and Aspirations In Vamsa Proems 13

2 Relocating the Light 38

3 Nagas, Transfigured Figures Inside the Text, Ruminative Triggers Outside 67

4 Nag as and Relics 94

5 Historicizing (In) the Pali Dipavamsa and Mahavamsa 117.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Scheible, Kristin, author. Reading the Mahāvaṃśa

ISBN:

9780231171380

0231171382

OCLC:

950448433