The Domain of Constant Excess: Plural Worship at the Munnesvaram Temples in Sri LankaThe Sri Lankan ethnic conflict that has occurred largely between Sinhala Buddhists and Tamil Hindus is marked by a degree of religious tolerance that sees both communities worshiping together. This study describes one important site of such worship, the ancient Hindu temple complex of Munnesvaram. Standing adjacent to one of Sri Lanka's historical western ports, the fortunes of the Munnesvaram temples have waxed and waned through the years of turbulence, violence and social change that have been the country's lot since the advent of European colonialism in the Indian Ocean. Bastin recounts the story of these temples and analyses how the Hindu temple is reproduced as a center of worship amidst conflict and competition. |
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... linga image bhaktālayam ( Skt . ) – devotional shrine ; name of shrine for the 63 Saints and repository of village god and goddess statues bhakti ( Skt . ) – devotional worship bhedana ( Skt . ) – ' splitting ' , a type of sorcery bhūta ...
... linga image bhaktālayam ( Skt . ) – devotional shrine ; name of shrine for the 63 Saints and repository of village god and goddess statues bhakti ( Skt . ) – devotional worship bhedana ( Skt . ) – ' splitting ' , a type of sorcery bhūta ...
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... linga ( Skt . ) – ' sign ' or master signifier , the key object of Śaiva worship associ- ated with Śiva's phallus lingodbhāva ( Skt . ) – special image of Śiva as the god assuming anthropomor- phic form through the widening niche of the ...
... linga ( Skt . ) – ' sign ' or master signifier , the key object of Śaiva worship associ- ated with Śiva's phallus lingodbhāva ( Skt . ) – special image of Śiva as the god assuming anthropomor- phic form through the widening niche of the ...
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... linga – 'sign') sabda (Skt.) – sound säda (Sinh.) – matted hair ́Saiva (Skt., Tm) – ́Siva worship sakta (Skt.) – energy, ability sakti (Skt.) – energy, strength ́Sakti (Skt.) – Goddess salabam (Tm.) – pearl fishery salåbam (Sinh ...
... linga – 'sign') sabda (Skt.) – sound säda (Sinh.) – matted hair ́Saiva (Skt., Tm) – ́Siva worship sakta (Skt.) – energy, ability sakti (Skt.) – energy, strength ́Sakti (Skt.) – Goddess salabam (Tm.) – pearl fishery salåbam (Sinh ...
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... games yoni ( Skt . ) – complement of the linga , the vagina yuga ( Skt . ) - the age or epoch yūpa ( Skt . ) – the pole or sacrificial stake to which the victim is tied N 0 20 40 60 80 100 km Trincomalee Batticaloa xxiii Glossary.
... games yoni ( Skt . ) – complement of the linga , the vagina yuga ( Skt . ) - the age or epoch yūpa ( Skt . ) – the pole or sacrificial stake to which the victim is tied N 0 20 40 60 80 100 km Trincomalee Batticaloa xxiii Glossary.
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... linga temple in their itineraries . As the bo tree shrine and its Kali worship developed the linga temple deteriorated . The two events are not completely concomitant but they do bear upon each other as expressions of a broader process ...
... linga temple in their itineraries . As the bo tree shrine and its Kali worship developed the linga temple deteriorated . The two events are not completely concomitant but they do bear upon each other as expressions of a broader process ...
Contents
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Chapter 3 Myths and Marginality | 43 |
Chapter 4 Ritual Practices and Religious Identity | 59 |
Chapter 5 The Saivite Temple as a Monumental Architecture | 89 |
Puja and Arccanai | 117 |
Chapter 7 The Presence of Sakti | 133 |
Chapter 8 Guardians Games and the Formation of Power | 145 |
Chapter 9 The World Inside Out | 163 |
Chapter 10 The Domain of Excess | 183 |
Divine Kings and Regal Gods Temples in Society and History | 195 |
References | 213 |
Index | 227 |
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Common terms and phrases
aesthetic Aiyanar annual festival arccanai articulation associated Astara Astara Devata bandara bathing rite becomes Bhadrakali temple Bhairavar Brahmins Buddhist revitalisation camphor caste Chapter chariot Chilaw coconut coconut game Colombo consciousness cosmic daily rites deities demonic described devotees Diseased King divine dynamic ethnic expression firewalking flag flagpole gaze goddess guardian hall ibid important inner road inner sanctum Jaffna Kali Kapferer 1997a Kataragama Kramrisch lamp linga Maradankulam Munnes Munnesvaram festival Munnesvaram priests Munnesvaram temple Murugan Navaratri Obeyesekere 1984 offerings Pattini performed Pillaiyar temple popular potency potentiality practice presence procession puja Purusa relation religious ritual sacrifice Saivism sakti sense shrine simply Sinh Sinhala Buddhist Sinhalese Siva social Somaskanda sorcery south Indian specific sponsor Sri Lanka Sri Lankan Tamil stress Suniyam Tamil Saivite Tamil Saivite temple Taniyavala temple complex temple festivals temple priests temple’s theme trance varam Visnu worship yantra