The Religious World of Kirti Sri
Buddhism, Art, and Politics of Late Medieval Sri Lanka
- Publisher's listprice GBP 94.00
-
44 908 Ft (42 770 Ft + 5% VAT)
The price is estimated because at the time of ordering we do not know what conversion rates will apply to HUF / product currency when the book arrives. In case HUF is weaker, the price increases slightly, in case HUF is stronger, the price goes lower slightly.
- Discount 10% (cc. 4 491 Ft off)
- Discounted price 40 418 Ft (38 493 Ft + 5% VAT)
Subcribe now and take benefit of a favourable price.
Subscribe
44 908 Ft
Availability
printed on demand
Why don't you give exact delivery time?
Delivery time is estimated on our previous experiences. We give estimations only, because we order from outside Hungary, and the delivery time mainly depends on how quickly the publisher supplies the book. Faster or slower deliveries both happen, but we do our best to supply as quickly as possible.
Product details:
- Publisher OUP USA
- Date of Publication 18 July 1996
- ISBN 9780195097054
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages192 pages
- Size 243x164x16 mm
- Weight 431 g
- Language English
- Illustrations 8 pp colour and 32 pp black and white plates, line figures 0
Categories
Long description:
In this interdisciplinary inquiry, John Clifford Holt seeks to uncover how Buddhism was understood and expressed during the waning years of indigenous political power in Asia's oldest continuing Buddhist culture. Holt focuses on King Kirti Sri Rajasinha and how, despite powerful and persistent Dutch colonial threats and a deeply suspicious Kandyan Buddhist Sinhalese aristocracy, he successfully revived Sinhalese Theravada Buddhism. As Holt demonstrates, Kirti Sri succeeded in formulating his vision of an orthodox Buddhism in a number of ways: through the patronage of monastic sanha and re-establishing traditional lines of ordination, translating the Pali suttas into Sinhala, sponsoring public Buddhist religious rites, and refurbishing almost all Buddhist temples in the Kandyan culture region. The ultimate aim of Holt's study is to describe and interpret Kirti Sri's articulation of a normative Buddhist world, the essentials of which remain normative for many Buddhists in the Kandyan region of Sri Lanka today. Scholars and students will find The Religious World of Kirti Sri is an indispensable resource for the understanding of orthodox Buddhism at this important historical juncture, as well as the present day.
Professor Holt has placed us in his debt. His insight is illuminating and informed. It shows a deep understanding of and sympathy for the artistic, political and spiritual objectives of this distinguished king as he serched for validation, both personal and public. A well-illustrated and tightly written monograph....It is clear from his careful and imaginative handling of Kirti Sri's inheritance that the present political tribulations of Sri Lanka have caused Professor Holt much pain.
