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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
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