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Buddha in the Crown : Avalokitesvara in the Buddhist Traditions of Sri Lanka.
Historical, anthropological, and philosophical in approach, Buddha in the Crown is a case study in religious and cultural change. It examines the various ways in which Avalokitesvara, the most well known and proliferated bodhisattva of Mahayana Buddhism throughout south, southeast, and eastAsia, was...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford University Press,
1991.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 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; A; B; C; D.
- Ef; g; h; i; j; k; l; m; n; o; p; r; s; t; u; v; w; y; z.