02322nam 2200577Ia 450 991045873790332120200520144314.01-280-52897-40-19-535542-31-4294-0683-6(CKB)1000000000402736(EBL)273181(OCoLC)476015122(SSID)ssj0000235702(PQKBManifestationID)11199312(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000235702(PQKBWorkID)10164198(PQKB)10691675(MiAaPQ)EBC273181(Au-PeEL)EBL273181(CaPaEBR)ebr10279292(CaONFJC)MIL52897(OCoLC)466431575(EXLCZ)99100000000040273619950321d1996 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe religious world of Kīrti Śr[electronic resource] Buddhism, art, and politics in late medieval Sri Lanka /John Clifford HoltNew York Oxford University Press19961 online resource (188 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-19-509705-X 0-19-510757-8 Includes bibliographical references (p. 135-139) and index.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; IndexThis 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.BuddhismSri LankaHistoryElectronic books.BuddhismHistory.294.3/91/09549309033Holt John1948-636742MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910458737903321The religious world of Kīrti Śr1895118UNINA