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| 100 | _aHolt, John Clifford. | ||
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_aThe Buddhist Visnu: religious transformation, politics, and culture/ _cJohn Clifford Holt. |
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_aNew York: _bColumbia University Press, _c2004. |
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_axii, 441 p. : _bill. ; _c24 cm. |
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| 505 | _aPART 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 | ||
| 650 | _aSri Lanka | ||
| 650 | _aInterfaith relations | ||
| 650 | _aBuddhism | ||
| 650 | _aBuddhism and politics | ||
| 650 | _aHinduism | ||
| 942 | _cWB16 | ||