Holt The Buddhist Visnu

Religious Transformation, Politics, and Culture
1. Auflage 2004
ISBN: 978-0-231-50814-8
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 448 Seiten, Format (B × H): 203 mm x 152 mm

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Autoren/Hrsg.

Holt, John

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Hinduismus
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Buddhismus

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface
Part I. Introduction: The Historical and Theoretical Problems
1. The "Hindu Buddha" and the "Buddhist Visnu"
2. "Unceasing Waves": Brahmanical and Hindu Influences on Medieval Sinhala Buddhist Culture in Sri Lanka
3. The Sandalwood Image: Upulvan Deviyo and the Origins of the Cult of Visnu in Sinhala Buddhist Sri Lanka
4. Transformed Deity: The "Buddhist Visnu" in Sinhala Literature and Liturgy
Part II. Introduction: The Cult of Visnu in Buddhist Sri Lanka
5. Seeking Protection: Cultic Life at the Udarata Visnu Devalayas
6. The Valiyaka Mangalya: The Curative Powers of the Mala Raja
7. Legacies of the "Buddhist Visnu": Myth and Cult at the Alutnuvara Devalaya
8. Minister of Defense? The Politics of Deification in Contemporary Sri Lanka
Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Index of place names
Index of Texts (Translated or Cited)
Subject Index
Map

Über Autor(innen)

John C. Holt is the William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor of the Humanities in Religion and Asian Studies at Bowdoin College. He is the author of several books, including Buddha in the Crown: Avalokitesvara in the Buddhist Tradition of Sri Lanka, winner of an American Academy of Religion Book Award for Excellence, and The Religious World of Kirti Sri: Buddhism, Art and Politics in Late Medieval Sri Lanka, and is the editor of Constituting Communities: Theravada Buddhism and the Religious Cultures of South and Southeast Asia.