The Buddhist Visnu: religious transformation, politics, and culture/
John Clifford Holt.
- New York: Columbia University Press, 2004.
- xii, 441 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
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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Sri Lanka Interfaith relations Buddhism Buddhism and politics Hinduism