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The Buddhist Visnu : religious transformation, politics, and culture /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Holt, John, 1948-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Columbia University Press, [2004]
Subjects:
Buddhism > Sri Lanka > History.
Vishnu > (Hindu deity) > Cult > Sri Lanka.
Buddhism > Relations > Hinduism.
Hinduism > Relations > Buddhism.
Buddhism and politics > Sri Lanka.
Table of Contents:
  • 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
  • The cult of Visnu in Buddhist Sri Lanka
  • Seeking protection: cultic life and the Udarata Visnu Devalayas
  • The Valiyak Mangalya: the curative powers in the Mala Raja
  • The legacies of the "Buddhist Visnu": myth and cult at the Alutnuvara Devalaya
  • Mininster of defense? The policies of deification in contemporary Sri Lanka.