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Author Gornall, Alastair, author.

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

Publication Info. London : UCL Press, 2020.

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 269 pages) : illustrations, color maps
text txt rdacontent
computer c rdamedia
online resource cr rdacarrier
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary Rewriting Buddhism is the first intellectual history of premodern Sri Lanka's most culturally productive period.
Note Print version record.
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: Moggallna'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
Subject 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
Chronological Term To 1505
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
Other Form: Print version: GORNALL, ALASTAIR. REWRITING BUDDHISM. [Place of publication not identified] : UCL PRESS, 2020 1787355179 (OCoLC)1122746899
ISBN 9781787355156 (electronic bk.)
1787355152 (electronic bk.)
9781787355187
1787355187
9781787355194 (mobi)
1787355195
1787355179
9781787355170
9781787355163
1787355160
Standard No. AU@ 000067504614
AU@ 000067507506
UKMGB 019711660

 
    
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