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Buddha in the Crown - Avalokitesvara in the Buddhist Traditions of Sri Lanka (Hardcover)
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Buddha in the Crown - Avalokitesvara in the Buddhist Traditions of Sri Lanka (Hardcover)
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Historical, anthropological, and philosophical in approach, Buddha
in the Crown is a case study in religious and cultural change. It
examines the various ways in which Avalokitesvara, the most well
known and proliferated bodhisattva of Mahayana Buddhism throughout
south, southeast, and east Asia, was assimilated into the
transforming religious culture of Sri Lanka, one of the most
pluralistic in Asia. Exploring the expressions of the bodhisattva's
cult in Sanskrit and Sinhala literature, in iconography, epigraphy,
ritual, symbol, and myth, the author develops a provocative thesis
regarding the dynamics of religious change. Interdisciplinary in
scope, addressing a wide variety of issues relating to Buddhist
thought and practice, and providing new and original information on
the rich cultural history of Sri Lanka, this book will interest
students of Buddhism and South Asia.
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