02837nam 2200649Ia 450 991082142520332120200520144314.00-19-773842-71-280-52490-10-19-536246-21-4294-0004-810.1093/oso/9780195064186.001.0001(CKB)1000000000415189(EBL)271117(OCoLC)191924745(SSID)ssj0000115378(PQKBManifestationID)11128523(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000115378(PQKBWorkID)10007667(PQKB)11048246(Au-PeEL)EBL271117(CaPaEBR)ebr10142186(CaONFJC)MIL52490(OCoLC)936849976(MiAaPQ)EBC271117(OCoLC)1406784839(StDuBDS)9780197738429(EXLCZ)99100000000041518919900201d1991 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierBuddha in the crown Avalokitesvara in the Buddhist traditions of Sri Lanka /John Clifford HoltNew York Oxford University Press19911 online resource (xii, 269 pages, 18 unnumbered pages of plates) illustrationsOxford scholarship online.Previously issued in print: 1991.0-19-506418-6 Includes bibliographical references and index.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; IndexSri 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.Oxford scholarship online.Avalokitesvara (Buddhist deity)Sri LankaBuddhist godsAvalokitesvara (Buddhist deity)Buddhist gods.294.3/4211/095493Holt John1948-636742MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910821425203321Buddha in the crown1186863UNINA