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Relics and Relic Worship in Early Buddhism: India, Afghanistan, Sri Lanka and Burma (Paperback)
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Relics and Relic Worship in Early Buddhism: India, Afghanistan, Sri Lanka and Burma (Paperback)
Series: British Museum Research Publications, 218
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Among world religions, only Buddhism and Christianity attach a
central significance to the role of relics. These two traditions,
however, are different in both conceptual and material terms. In
Buddhism, the most sacred relics are those considered parts of the
cremated remains of the Buddha - a hair, a tooth, a small fragment
of bone - or the tiny bead-like relics generated by the Buddha
before entering nirvana. In contrast, Christianity venerates
objects associated with Christ such as the thorns, the cross or his
robe. This first generation of relics were later joined by both the
bodily relics and items used by the saints. The papers in this
volume, the culmination of a research project focussing on relic
worship and Buddhism, cover a rich variety of themes. Subjects
include a discussion of what constitutes a relic according to
primary and secondary sources, as well as an analysis of the
special terminology related to relic worship. Other chapters focus
on the placement and treatment of relics in situ, in addition to
the wider archaeological contexts for relics, relic chambers and
reliquaries. New perspectives are also offered on the relics and
reliquaries themselves, for example, the golden Bimaran casket from
Afghanistan, an exceptional example of metalwork from the 1st
century AD. The final chapter explores the spread of Buddhism to
Burma and the evidence of the vibrant relic culture that has been
found there, including some of the oldest surviving Pali
inscriptions in the world, a text on gold leaves deposited in a
relic chamber.
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