Buddhist Visnu Religious Transformation, Politics, and Culture

Name: Buddhist Visnu Religious Transformation, Politics, and Culture
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ISBN: 9780231133234

ISBN-10: 0231133235

ISBN-13: 9780231133234

Edition: 2004

Authors: John Holt, John C. Holt

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John Holt's groundbreaking study examines the assimilation, transformation, and subordination of the Hindu deity Visnu within the contexts of Sri Lankan history and Sinhala Buddhist religious culture. Holt argues that political agendas and social forces, as much as doctrinal concerns, have shaped the shifting patterns of the veneration of Visnu in Sri Lanka. Holt begins with a comparative look at the assimilation of the Buddha in Hinduism. He then explores the role and rationale of medieval Sinhala kings in assimilating Visnu into Sinhala Buddhism. Offering analyses of texts, many of which have never before been translated into English, Holt considers the development of Visnu in Buddhist…

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List price: $40.00
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Publication date: 12/29/2004
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 448
Size: 0.62" wide x 0.90" long x 0.10" tall
Weight: 1.474
Language: English



Preface


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 Cult of Visnu in Sinhala


Buddhist Sri Lanka Transformed Deity: The "Buddhist Visnu" in Sinhala Literature and Liturgy Introduction: The Cult of Visnu in Buddhist


Sri Lanka Seeking Protection: Cultic Life at the Udarata Visnu Devalayas


The Valiyaka 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


Conclusion