The Religious World of Kirti Sri : Buddhism, Art, and Politics of Late Medieval Sri Lanka
This inderdisciplinary inquiry seeks to uncover how Buddhism was expressed during the waning years of indigenous political power in Asia's oldest continuing Buddhist culture. It focuses on King Kirti Sri Rajasinha and how he successfully revised Sinhalese Theravada Buddhism
History
1 online resource (188 pages)
9780195355420, 9781280528972, 9780195097054, 0195355423, 1280528974, 019509705X
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Contents; 1 Kirti Sri's Predicament; 2 Discourses of a Buddhist King; 3 A Visual Liturgy; 4 Royalty Reborn; 5 Implications for Theory and Method; 6 Postscript: Ethnic Identity and Ethnic Alienation; Appendix: The Religious Works of Kirti Sri at Gangarama and Ridi ViharaNotes; Bibliography; Index