| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 269 pages, 18 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Preface; Contents; 1 Introduction: The Setting and the Problem; 2 The Relevant Historical and Doctrinal Background; 3 Ascetic and King: The Iconography of Avalokitesvara and Natha; 4 The Politics of Deification in Medieval Sri Lanka: Avalokitesvara Becomes Natha Deviyo; 5 The Mythicization of History: Natha and Pitiye in Kandyan Folklore; 6 The Power of Place: Oral Traditions at Rural Kandyan Natha Devalayas; 7 Central Power, Sacred Order: Center and Periphery in the Kandyan Kingdom; 8 Natha and the "Rock Chief"; 9 Conclusion: Maitreya-in-the-Making; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
| 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 |
| Analysis |
Buddhism Deities |
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Sri Lanka |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Avalokiteśvara (Buddhist deity)
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| SUBJECT |
Avalokiteśvara (Buddhist deity) fast |
| Subject |
Buddhist gods.
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RELIGION -- Buddhism -- General.
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Buddhist gods
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Avalokiteśvara.
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Theravada-Boeddhisme.
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Mahayana.
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Bodhisattva's.
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Singalezen.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
90006835 |
| ISBN |
1429400048 |
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9781429400046 |
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0195362462 |
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9780195362466 |
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9780195064186 |
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0195064186 |
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1280524901 |
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9781280524905 |
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9786610524907 |
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6610524904 |
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