02354nam 2200577Ia 450 991078476230332120230405182050.00-19-774089-81-280-52897-40-19-535542-31-4294-0683-6(CKB)1000000000402736(EBL)273181(OCoLC)476015122(SSID)ssj0000235702(PQKBManifestationID)11199312(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000235702(PQKBWorkID)10164198(PQKB)10691675(Au-PeEL)EBL273181(CaPaEBR)ebr10279292(CaONFJC)MIL52897(OCoLC)466431575(MiAaPQ)EBC273181(EXLCZ)99100000000040273619950321d1996 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierThe religious world of Kīrti Śr Buddhism, art, and politics in late medieval Sri Lanka /John Clifford HoltNew York Oxford University Press19961 online resource (188 pages) illustrations, mapsDescription 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 LankaHistoryBuddhismHistory.294.3/91/09549309033Holt John1948-636742MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910784762303321The religious world of Kīrti Śr3781798UNINA