Relics, Ritual, and Representation in Buddhism: Rematerializing the Sri Lankan Theravada Tradition

by Kevin Trainor

Book Overview

This book is a serious study of relic veneration among South Asian Buddhists. Drawing on textual sources and archaeological evidence from India and Sri Lanka, including material rarely examined in the West, it looks specifically at the practice of relic veneration in the Sri Lankan Theravada Buddhist tradition. The author portrays relic veneration as a technology of remembrance and representation which makes present the Buddha of the past for living...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521036682
• ISBN13: 9780521036689
• Release Date: April 2007
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 8.9"