Rewriting Buddhism : Pali literature and monastic reform in Sri Lanka, 1157-1270 / Alastair Gornall.
Material type: TextPublisher: London : UCL Press, 2020Description: 1 online resource (xiii, 269 pages) : illustrations, color mapsContent type:- text
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- online resource
- 9781787355156
- 1787355152
- 9781787355187
- 1787355187
- 9781787355194
- 1787355195
- Pali literature -- Sri Lanka -- History and criticism
- Buddhism -- Sri Lanka -- History
- Sri Lanka -- History -- To 1505
- Sri Lanka -- Intellectual life
- Littérature palie -- Sri Lanka -- Histoire et critique
- Sri Lanka -- Histoire -- Jusqu'à 1505
- HISTORY -- Asia -- India & South Asia
- Buddhism
- Intellectual life
- Pali literature
- Sri Lanka
- To 1505
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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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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
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