The Buddhist Visnu : religious transformation, politics, and culture
Type
Book
Authors
ISBN 10
0231133227
ISBN 13
9780231133227
Category
Publication Year
2004
Publisher
Subject
Buddhism--Sri Lanka--History.; Buddhism--Relations--Hinduism.; Hinduism--Relations--Buddhism.; Vishnu (Divinité hindoue)--Culte--Sri Lanka.
Description
xii, 441 pages : 24 cm; The historical and theoretical problems --The "Hindu Buddha" and the "Buddhist Visnu" --"Unceasing waves": Brahmanical and Hindu influences on Medieval Sinhala Buddhist culture in Sri Lanka --The Sandalwood image: Upulvan Deviyo and the origins of the Visnu Cult in Sinhala Buddhist Sri Lanka --Transformed deity : the "Buddhist Visnu" in Sinhala literature and liturgy --The cult of Visnu in Buddhist Sri Lanka --Seeking protection: cultic life and the Udarata Visnu Devalayas --The Valiyak Mangalya: the curative powers in the Mala Raja --The legacies of the "Buddhist Visnu": myth and cult at the Alutnuvara Devalaya --Mininster of defense? The policies of deification in contemporary Sri Lanka.;
Biblio Notes
53434779
Number of Copies
1
