Buddha in the crown : Avalokiteśvara in the Buddhist traditions of Sri Lanka / John Clifford Holt.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Holt, John Clifford, author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Avalokitesvara (Buddhist deity)--Sri Lanka.

Avalokitesvara (Buddhist deity).

Buddhist gods.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 269 pages, 18 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2023.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

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

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 1991.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.

ISBN:

0-19-773842-7

1-280-52490-1

0-19-536246-2

1-4294-0004-8

OCLC:

191924745