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The Buddhist Visnu: Religious Transformation, Politics, and Culture / Holt, John Clifford
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The Buddhist Visnu: Religious Transformation, Politics, and Culture
Holt, John Clifford
 
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  Book ID : 33021
  ISBN-10 : 81-208-3269-8 / 8120832698
  ISBN-13 : 978-81-208-3269-5 / 9788120832695
  Place of Publication : Delhi
  Year of Publication : 2008
  Edition : (First Indian Edition)
  Language : English
  xii, 441p., Bib., Index, 23 cm. (First pub. in 2005 by Columbia University Press)
   
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CONTENTS:- Preface; Introduction: The Historical and Theoretical Problems; The "Hindu Buddha" and the "Buddhist Visnu"; "Unceasing Waves": Brahmanical and Hindu Influences on Medieval Sinhala Buddhist Culture in Sri Lanka; The Sandalwood Image: Upulvan Deviyo and the Origins of the Cult of Visnu in Sinhala Buddhist Sri Lanka; Transformed Deity: The "Buddhist Visnu" in Sinhala Literature and Liturgy; Introduction: The Cult of Visnu in Buddhist Sri Lanka; Seeking Protection: Cultic Life at the Udarata Visnu Devalayas; The Valiyaka Mangalya: The Curative Powers of the Mala Raja; Legacies of the "Buddhist Visnu": Myth and Cult at the Alutnuvara Devalaya; Minister of Defense? The Politics of Deification in Contemporary Sri Lanka; Conclusion.
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John Holt's groundbreaking study examines the assimilation, transformation, and subordination of the Hindu deity Visnu within the contexts of Sri Lankan history and Sinhala Buddhist religious culture. Holt argues that political agendas and social forces, as much as doctrinal concerns, have shaped the shifting patterns of the veneration of Visnu in Sri Lanka.

Holt begins with a comparative look at the assimilation of the Buddha in Hinduism. He then explores the role and rationale of medieval Sinhala kings in assimilating Visnu into Sinhala Buddhism. Offering analyses of texts, many of which have never before been translated into English, Holt considers the development of Visnu in Buddhist literature and the changing practices of deity veneration. Shifting to the present, Holt describes the efforts of contemporary Buddhist monks in Sri Lanka to discourage the veneration of Visnu, suggesting that many are motivated by a reactionary fear that their culture and society will soon be overrun by the influences and practices of Hindus, Muslims, and Christians.
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