A political geography of deities: Space and the pantheon in Sinhalese Buddhism
The role of Sinhalese Buddhist deities within the long Sinhalese tradition of using Buddhism to legitimize political authority is examined. At the local level, the Sri Lankan deity system is built on a belief common in agrarian states: as people are located territorially, so are the gods who look af...
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| Language: | English |
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Cambridge Univ. Press
1984
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The journal of Asian studies
Year: 1984, Volume: 43, Issue: 2, Pages: 273-291 |
| Further subjects: | B
Human geography
B Sri Lanka Herrschaftsform Buddhism Cult Anthropogeographie Religion B Buddhism B Sri Lanka B Religion B Cult B Ruling system |