Buddha in the crown : Avalokitesvara in the Buddhist traditions of Sri Lanka / / John Clifford Holt
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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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| Pubblicazione: | New York, : Oxford University Press, 1991 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (xii, 269 pages, 18 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations |
| Disciplina: | 294.3/4211/095493 |
| Soggetto topico: | Avalokitesvara (Buddhist deity) - Sri Lanka |
| Buddhist gods | |
| Note generali: | Previously issued in print: 1991. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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 |
| Sommario/riassunto: | 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. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Buddha in the crown |
| ISBN: | 0-19-773842-7 |
| 1-280-52490-1 | |
| 0-19-536246-2 | |
| 1-4294-0004-8 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910821425203321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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