1 online resource (xiii, 269 pages) : illustrations, color maps
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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