Reading the Mahāvaṃsa the literary aims of a Theravāda Buddhist history
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Columbia University Press
[2016]
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| Colección: | EBSCO Academic eBook Collection Complete.
South Asia across the disciplines. |
| Acceso en línea: | Conectar con la versión electrónica |
| Ver en Universidad de Navarra: | https://innopac.unav.es/record=b38204861*spi |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- A Note On Transliteration And Translation
- Introduction
- 1. Instructions, Admonitions, And Aspirations In Vamsa Proems
- 2. Relocating The Light
- 3. Nāgas, Transfigured Figures Inside The Text, Ruminative Triggers Outside
- 4. Nāgas And Relics
- 5. Historicizing (In) The Pāli Dīpavaṃsa and Mahāvaṃsa
- Conclusion
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index.
