Devas Demons And Buddhist Cosmology In Sri Lanka
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Devas Demons And Buddhist Cosmology In Sri Lanka
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Author : Achala Gunasekara-Rockwell
language : en
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Release Date : 2022-08-19
Devas Demons And Buddhist Cosmology In Sri Lanka written by Achala Gunasekara-Rockwell and has been published by Taylor & Francis this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-08-19 with Social Science categories.
This book examines the worship of devas and demons in Sri Lanka, illustrating how diverse influences interacted to create the Sinhala Buddhist cosmology. The work explains the processes by which apotheosis plays an important role in revitalizing that cosmology. The author offers an examination of holy sites associated with the worship of Hūniyam. These sacred spaces each have a unique background historically, and the ritualists associated with these sites have divergent understandings concerning Hūniyam. Building upon the examination of the temples, the book delves into the iconography of Hūniyam, illustrating his transformation from demon to deity in the manner that he is depicted in imagery associated with his worship. The book moves to a discussion of Aritṭ ạ Kivenḍu Perumāl, a South Indian adventurer, demonstrating the likelihood that he is the historical figure later apotheosized as Hūniyam. Sri Lankan society felt his impact so strongly that in death he became a demon in the Sinhala Buddhist cosmology. Finally, the book demonstrates that the same apotheosis processes are at work today. This book will be of interest to researchers and students engaged in the study of religion, anthropology, folklore, and history, specifically in the South Asian context.
Religious Authority In South Asia
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Author : István Keul
language : en
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Release Date : 2022-09-30
Religious Authority In South Asia written by István Keul and has been published by Taylor & Francis this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-09-30 with Social Science categories.
This book focuses on genealogies of religious authority in South Asia, examining the figure of the guru in narrative texts, polemical tracts, hagiographies, histories, in contemporary devotional communities, New Age spiritual movements and global guru organizations. Experts in the field present reflections on historically specific contexts in which a guru comes into being, becomes part of a community, is venerated, challenged or repudiated, generates a new canon, remains unique with no clear succession or establishes a succession in which charisma is routinized. The guru emerges and is sustained and routinized from the nexus of guruship, narratives, performances and community. The contributors to the book examine this nexus at specific historical moments with all their elements of change and contingency. The book will be of interest to scholars in the field of South Asian studies, the study of religions and cultural studies.
Popular Hinduism Stories And Mobile Performances
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Author : Mrinal Pande
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2022-06-24
Popular Hinduism Stories And Mobile Performances written by Mrinal Pande and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-06-24 with Social Science categories.
This book addresses the recent transformations of popular Hinduism by focusing upon the religious cum artistic practice of Ramkatha, staged narratives of the Ramcharitmanas. Focusing on the sensory and media experiences, the author examines the aesthetics and dynamics of the Ramkatha ethnoscape through participant-observation in everyday practices, and how it particularly, translates politics from the realm of religion. Besides being socially constructed, the Ramkatha heavily relies on technologies for its production and continuation. Negotiated through a telling of Hindu religious stories, the mediated voice of Morari Bapu, a former school-teacher turned narrator, is a major medium of performance transposed into multiple media such as theatre, stage, music and spectacle. The book engages with voice as a vehicle of meaning to scrutinize its discursive production, imagination and re-production across mobile contexts. It investigates how the transnationally disseminated practices re-contextualize religious subjectivities of an affective community enmeshed in spatio-sensorial modes. The book will be of interest to academic audiences in the fields of South Asian Studies, Anthropology, Sociology, as well as Performance Studies and Religious Studies.
Secularism And Islam In Bangladesh
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Author : Abdul Wohab
language : en
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Release Date : 2023-10-13
Secularism And Islam In Bangladesh written by Abdul Wohab and has been published by Taylor & Francis this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-10-13 with Social Science categories.
Secularism and Islam in Bangladesh comprehensively analyses the syncretistic form of Bengali Islam and its relationship with secularism in Bangladesh from pre-British to contemporary times. It focuses on the importance of understanding the dynamics between religion and secularism within specific cultural contexts. The author draws upon historical, sociological, and political literature, Bangladeshi electoral results, newspaper reports, and elite interviews with political commentators and offers a rich historical and empirical analysis. Arguing that extremist interpretations of Islam, which aim to establish a theocratic state, have not been able to influence the pluralistic religious and cultural life of Bangladesh substantially, the book shows that religious and cultural pluralism will continue to thrive despite the apparent threat posed by increasing religiosity among Bangladeshi Muslims. This book is a timely and significant contribution to the discourse on secularism and Islam, with relevance beyond Bangladesh and the wider Islamic world. It will appeal to scholars and researchers working in the fields of South Asian Studies, Asian Religions, and the Sociology of Religion.
Deities And Demons Magic And Masks
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Author : Nandadeva Wijesekera
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1987
Deities And Demons Magic And Masks written by Nandadeva Wijesekera and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1987 with Healing categories.
Beliefs and customs of Sri Lanka.
Gods And Their Origin In Sri Lanka
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Author : Ahangama Dhammarama
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2005
Gods And Their Origin In Sri Lanka written by Ahangama Dhammarama and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with Buddhism categories.
The History Of Ancient Aryan Tribes In Sri Lanka
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Author : E. M. C. Amunugama
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1994
The History Of Ancient Aryan Tribes In Sri Lanka written by E. M. C. Amunugama and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1994 with Buddhism categories.
Buddhism
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Author : Lynn A. De Silva
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1974
Buddhism written by Lynn A. De Silva and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1974 with Buddhism categories.
The Buddha In Sri Lanka
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Author : Gananath Obeyesekere
language : en
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Release Date : 2017-08-07
The Buddha In Sri Lanka written by Gananath Obeyesekere and has been published by Taylor & Francis this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-08-07 with Social Science categories.
This book examines culture, religion and polity in the context of Buddhism. Gananath Obeyesekere, one of the foremost analytical voices from South Asia develops Freud’s notion of ‘dream work’, the ‘work of culture’ and ideas of no-self (anatta) to understand Buddhism in contemporary Sri Lanka. This work offers a restorative interpretation of Buddhist myths in contrast to the perspective involving deconstruction. The book deals with a range of themes connected with Buddhism, including oral traditions and stories, the religious pantheon, philosophy, emotions, reform movements, questions of identity and culture, and issues of modernity. This fascinating volume will greatly interest students, teachers and researchers of religion and philosophy, especially Buddhism, ethics, cultural studies, social and cultural anthropology, Sri Lanka and modern South Asian history.
Sri Lanka The Elusive Miracle Of Asia
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Author : Sharmini Serasinghe
language : en
Publisher: Lulu.com
Release Date : 2019-10-13
Sri Lanka The Elusive Miracle Of Asia written by Sharmini Serasinghe and has been published by Lulu.com this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-10-13 with History categories.
This is a book no publisher or printer in Sri Lanka wanted to be associated with, fearing for their lives. Their fears are justified. Under the despotic political regime headed by the megalomaniacal Mahinda Rajapaksa, journalists and writers in Sri Lanka who stood up for the truth were brutally murdered, tortured, kidnapped or made to disappear for good. Self-described Buddhists, Mahinda Rajapaksa and his cohorts embraced all that is ugly in his Sinhala-Buddhist toxic political ideology, using and abusing Buddhism to the maximum. With this book, the writer has placed her head on the block and in her words: "I may face the same fate as my late colleagues Lasantha Wickrematunge and Richard de Zoysa, but it's a sacrifice I am ready to make for the sake of future generations of Sri Lanka!"