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The religious world of Kirti Sri : Buddhism, art, and politics in late medieval Sri Lanka / John Clifford Holt.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Holt, John Clifford, author.
- Series:
- Oxford scholarship online.
- Oxford scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Kīrti Śrī Rājasinha, King of Ceylon, d. 1780 or 1782--Religion.
- Buddhism--Sri Lanka--History--18th century.
- Buddhism.
- Local Subjects:
- Kīrti Śrī Rājasinha, King of Ceylon, d. 1780 or 1782--Religion.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (188 pages) : illustrations, maps
- Place of Publication:
- New York ; Oxford University Press, 2023.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- John Clifford Holt considers what it meant for various individuals, lay and monk, to be Buddhist in Sri Lanka during the advent of European colonialism.
- Contents:
- Contents; 1 Kīrti Śrī's Predicament; 2 Discourses of a Buddhist King; 3 A Visual Liturgy; 4 Royalty Reborn; 5 Implications for Theory and Method; 6 Postscript: Ethnic Identity and Ethnic Alienation; Appendix: The Religious Works of Kīrti Śrī at Gangārāma and Ridī ViharāNotes; Bibliography; Index
- Notes:
- Bibliography: p135-139. - Includes index.
- Previously issued in print: 1996.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 135-139) and index.
- Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-774089-8
- 1-280-52897-4
- 0-19-535542-3
- 1-4294-0683-6
- OCLC:
- 476015122
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