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Relics, Ritual, and Representation in Buddhism: Rematerializing the Sri Lankan Theravada Tradition

Relics, Ritual, and Representation in Buddhism: Rematerializing the Sri Lankan Theravada Tradition

Trainor, Kevin
Kevin, Trainor

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Series: Cambridge Studies in Religious Traditions, Book 10

BuddhismGeneral Eastern Religions

ISBN10: 0521036682
ISBN13: 9780521036689
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: Apr 30 2007
Pages: 240
Weight: 0.80
Height: 0.60 Width: 6.00 Depth: 8.90
Language: English
Western scholarship has largely ignored the practice of venerating the physical remains of the Buddha, a practice that has been a central focus of both monastic and lay Buddhists for more than two millennia. This study draws on textual and archaeological evidence from India and Sri Lanka to examine the place of relic veneration in the history of South Asian Buddhism. It contributes to current work on the history of Western Buddhology, to the discipline of religious studies, and to the history of Indian and Sri Lankan Buddhism.

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