TY  - BOOK
AU  - Holt, John Clifford.
TI  - The Buddhist Visnu: religious transformation, politics, and culture
SN  - 9780231133234
U1  - 294.3 
PY  - 2004///
CY  - New York
PB  - Columbia University Press
KW  - Sri Lanka
KW  - Interfaith relations
KW  - Buddhism
KW  - Buddhism and politics
KW  - Hinduism
N1  - 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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