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UNINA9910821425203321 |
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Autore |
Holt John <1948-> |
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Titolo |
Buddha in the crown : Avalokitesvara in the Buddhist traditions of Sri Lanka / / John Clifford Holt |
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New York, : Oxford University Press, 1991 |
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ISBN |
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0-19-773842-7 |
1-280-52490-1 |
0-19-536246-2 |
1-4294-0004-8 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (xii, 269 pages, 18 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations |
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Collana |
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Oxford scholarship online. |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Avalokitesvara (Buddhist deity) - Sri Lanka |
Buddhist gods |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Previously issued in print: 1991. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Preface; Contents; 1 Introduction: The Setting and the Problem; 2 The Relevant Historical and Doctrinal Background; 3 Ascetic and King: The Iconography of Avalokiteśvara and Nātha; 4 The Politics of Deification in Medieval Sri Lanka: Avalokiteśvara Becomes Nātha Deviyo; 5 The Mythicization of History: Nātha and Pitiye in Kandyan Folklore; 6 The Power of Place: Oral Traditions at Rural Kandyan Nātha Devālayas; 7 Central Power, Sacred Order: Center and Periphery in the Kandyan Kingdom; 8 Nātha and the ""Rock Chief""; 9 Conclusion: Maitreya-in-the-Making; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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. |
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