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9780231133227

The Buddhist Visnu

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  • ISBN13:

    9780231133227

  • ISBN10:

    0231133227

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2004-12-01
  • Publisher: Columbia Univ Pr

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Summary

-- Stephen F. Teiser, D. T. Suzuki Professor in Buddhist Studies, Princeton University

Author Biography

John Holt is the William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor of the Humanities in Religion and Asian Studies at Bowdoin College

Table of Contents

PREFACE ix
PART I
INTRODUCTION The Historical and Theoretical Problems
3(5)
CHAPTER 1 The "Hindu Buddha" and the "Buddhist Visnu"
8(24)
CHAPTER 2 "Unceasing Waves": Brahmanical and Hindu Influences on Medieval Sinhala Buddhist Culture in Sri Lanka
32(30)
CHAPTER 3 The Sandalwood Image: Upulvan Deviyo and the Origins of the Visnu Cult in Sinhala Buddhist Sri Lanka
62(40)
CHAPTER 4 Transformed Deity: The "Buddhist Visnu" in Sinhala Literature and Liturgy
102(55)
PART II
INTRODUCTION The Cult of Visnu in Buddhist Sri Lanka
157(3)
CHAPTER 5 Seeking Protection: Cultic Life at the Udarata Visnu Devalayas
160(65)
CHAPTER 6 The Valiyak Mangalya: The Curative Powers of the Mala Raja
225(22)
CHAPTER 7 Legacies of the "Buddhist Visnu": Myth and Cult at the Alutnuvara Devalaya
247(84)
CHAPTER 8 Minister of Defense? The Politics of Deification in Contemporary Sri Lanka
331(20)
CONCLUSION 351(20)
NOTES 371(40)
BIBLIOGRAPHY 411(10)
INDEX OF PLACE NAMES 421(2)
INDEX OF TEXTS (TRANSLATED OR CITED) 423(2)
SUBJECT INDEX 425(17)
MAP 442

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