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Reading the Mahāvamsa : The Literary Aims of a Theravada Buddhist History.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: South Asia Across the Disciplines SeriesPublisher: New York : Columbia University Press, 2016Copyright date: ©2016Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (239 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780231542609
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Reading the MahāvamsaDDC classification:
  • 294.382
LOC classification:
  • BQ2607.S35 2016
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgments -- A Note on Transliteration and Translation -- Introduction -- 1. Instructions, Admonitions, and Aspirations in Vamsa Proems -- 2. Relocating the Light -- 3. Nagas, Transfigured Figures Inside the Text, Ruminative Triggers Outside -- 4. Nagas and Relics -- 5. Historicizing (in) the Pali Dipavamsa and Mahavamsa -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
Summary: Reading the Mahāvamsa advocates a new, literary approach to this text by revealing its embedded reading advice (to experience samvega and pasada) and affective work of metaphors (the Buddha's dharma as light) and salient characters (nagas).
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Intro -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgments -- A Note on Transliteration and Translation -- Introduction -- 1. Instructions, Admonitions, and Aspirations in Vamsa Proems -- 2. Relocating the Light -- 3. Nagas, Transfigured Figures Inside the Text, Ruminative Triggers Outside -- 4. Nagas and Relics -- 5. Historicizing (in) the Pali Dipavamsa and Mahavamsa -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.

Reading the Mahāvamsa advocates a new, literary approach to this text by revealing its embedded reading advice (to experience samvega and pasada) and affective work of metaphors (the Buddha's dharma as light) and salient characters (nagas).

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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