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Autore |
Holt John <1948-> |
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Titolo |
The religious world of Kīrti Śr [[electronic resource] ] : Buddhism, art, and politics in late medieval Sri Lanka / / John Clifford Holt |
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New York, : Oxford University Press, 1996 |
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1-280-52897-4 |
0-19-535542-3 |
1-4294-0683-6 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (188 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Buddhism - Sri Lanka - History |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 135-139) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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 |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This inderdisciplinary inquiry seeks to uncover how Buddhism was expressed during the waning years of indigenous political power in Asia's oldest continuing Buddhist culture. It focuses on King Kirti Sri Rajasinha and how he successfully revised Sinhalese Theravada Buddhism. |
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