Rewriting Buddhism : Pali literature and monastic reform in Sri Lanka, 1157-1270 / Alastair Gornall.

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Gornall, Alastair [author.]

Material type: Text

TextPublisher: London : UCL Press, 2020Description: 1 online resource (xiii, 269 pages) : illustrations, color mapsContent type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9781787355156
1787355152
9781787355187
1787355187
9781787355194
1787355195

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: REWRITING BUDDHISM.DDC classification:

891.37099549309021 23

LOC classification:

PK4521

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Contents:

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of Maps -- List of Tables -- List of Figures -- Note on the Presentation of Texts and Sources -- Acknowledgements -- 1. Introduction: Themes and Theories -- Part I: Chaos -- 2. Before 1165 and All That -- 3. The Reform Era and its Pali Literature -- Part II: Order -- 4. Scholarly Foundations: Moggallāna's Grammar -- 5. Buddhist Scholasticism: Suman·gala's Commentaries -- 6. Eschatological Encyclopedism: Siddhattha's Anthology -- Part III: Emotion -- 7. Sense and Sensibility: San·gharakkhita's Poetics

8. The Politics of Relics: Dhammakitti's History -- 9. Devotional Power: Buddharakkhita's Buddha Biography -- 10. Conclusion: Other Lives and Afterlives -- References -- Index

Summary: Rewriting Buddhism is the first intellectual history of premodern Sri Lanka's most culturally productive period.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Rewriting Buddhism is the first intellectual history of premodern Sri Lanka's most culturally productive period.

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8. The Politics of Relics: Dhammakitti's History -- 9. Devotional Power: Buddharakkhita's Buddha Biography -- 10. Conclusion: Other Lives and Afterlives -- References -- Index

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