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The Buddhist Visnu: religious transformation, politics, and culture/ John Clifford Holt.

By: Holt, John CliffordMaterial type: Text

TextPublication details: New York: Columbia University Press, 2004Description: xii, 441 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN: 9780231133234Subject(s): Sri Lanka | Interfaith relations | Buddhism | Buddhism and politics | HinduismDDC classification: 294.3

Contents:

PART I INTRODUCTION The Historical and Theoretical Problems The "Hindu Buddha" and the "Buddhist Visnu" "Unceasing Waves": Brahmanical and Hindu Influences on Medieval Sinhala Buddhist Culture in Sri Lanka The Sandalwood Image: Upulvan Deviyo and the Origins of the Visnu Cult in Sinhala Buddhist Sri Lanka Transformed Deity: The "Buddhist Visnu" in Sinhala Literature and Liturgy PART I I INTRODUCTION The Cult of Visnu in Buddhist Sri Lanka Seeking Protection: Cultic Life at the Udamta Visnu Devalayas The Valiyak Mangalya: The Curative Powers of the Mala Raja Legacies of the "Buddhist Visnu": Myth and Cult at the Alutnuvara Devalaya Minister of Defense? The Politics of Deification in Contemporary Sri Lanka

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
General Books	Central Library, Sikkim University General Book Section	294.3 HOL/B (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		P04499

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PART I
INTRODUCTION
The Historical and Theoretical Problems
The "Hindu Buddha" and the "Buddhist Visnu"
"Unceasing Waves":
Brahmanical and Hindu Influences on
Medieval Sinhala Buddhist Culture in Sri Lanka
The Sandalwood Image:
Upulvan Deviyo and the Origins of the
Visnu Cult in Sinhala Buddhist Sri Lanka
Transformed Deity:
The "Buddhist Visnu" in Sinhala Literature and Liturgy
PART I I
INTRODUCTION
The Cult of Visnu in Buddhist Sri Lanka
Seeking Protection:
Cultic Life at the Udamta Visnu Devalayas
The Valiyak Mangalya:
The Curative Powers of the Mala Raja
Legacies of the "Buddhist Visnu":
Myth and Cult at the Alutnuvara Devalaya
Minister of Defense?
The Politics of Deification in Contemporary Sri Lanka

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