The Domain of Constant Excess : Plural Worship at the Munnesvaram Temples in Sri Lanka.
- 1st ed.
- 1 online resource (256 pages)
Intro -- The Domain of Constant Excess -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of Figures and Table -- List of Photographs -- Acknowledgements -- Guide to Pronunciation -- Glossary -- Chapter 1. Worship, Difference and Marvellous Potentiality -- Chapter 2. Fluidity and Ambiguity in the History of Munnesvaram -- Chapter 3. Myths and Marginality -- Chapter 4. Ritual Practices and Religious Identity -- Chapter 5. The Saivite Temple as a Monumental Architecture -- Chapter 6. 'The Look and the Thing Seen': Puja and Arccanai -- Chapter 7. The Presence of Sakti -- Chapter 8. Guardians, Games and the Formation of Power -- Chapter 9. The World Inside Out -- Chapter 10. The Domain of Excess -- Chapter 11: Divine Kings and Regal Gods: Temples in Society and History -- References -- Index.
9781789203677
Munnesvaram Temple (Halāvata, Sri Lanka)-History. Hinduism-Relations-Buddhism. Buddhism-Relations-Hinduism. Sri Lanka-Religious life and customs.