Holt, John Clifford. <br/><br/>
The Buddhist Visnu: religious transformation, politics, and culture/ 
John Clifford Holt. 
 - New York:  Columbia University Press,  2004. 
 - xii, 441 p. :  ill. ;  24 cm. 
<br/><br/>PART I<br/>INTRODUCTION<br/>The Historical and Theoretical Problems<br/>The "Hindu Buddha" and the "Buddhist Visnu"<br/>"Unceasing Waves":<br/>Brahmanical and Hindu Influences on<br/>Medieval Sinhala Buddhist Culture in Sri Lanka<br/>The Sandalwood Image:<br/>Upulvan Deviyo and the Origins of the<br/>Visnu Cult in Sinhala Buddhist Sri Lanka<br/>Transformed Deity:<br/>The "Buddhist Visnu" in Sinhala Literature and Liturgy<br/>PART I I<br/>INTRODUCTION<br/>The Cult of Visnu in Buddhist Sri Lanka<br/>Seeking Protection:<br/>Cultic Life at the Udamta Visnu Devalayas<br/>The Valiyak Mangalya:<br/>The Curative Powers of the Mala Raja<br/>Legacies of the "Buddhist Visnu":<br/>Myth and Cult at the Alutnuvara Devalaya<br/>Minister of Defense?<br/>The Politics of Deification in Contemporary Sri Lanka 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780231133234 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Sri Lanka<br/>Interfaith relations<br/>Buddhism<br/>Buddhism and politics<br/>Hinduism
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>294.3  / HOL/B