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UNINA9910823594803321 |
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Autore |
Holt John <1948-> |
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Titolo |
The religious world of Kirti Sri : 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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0-19-774089-8 |
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 pages) : illustrations, maps |
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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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Buddhism - Sri Lanka - History |
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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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Bibliography: p135-139. - Includes index. |
Previously issued in print: 1996. |
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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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John Clifford Holt considers what it meant for various individuals, lay and monk, to be Buddhist in Sri Lanka during the advent of European colonialism. |
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