The Religious World of Kīrti Śrī

The Religious World of Kīrti Śrī
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Total Pages : 188
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ISBN-10 : 9780195107579
ISBN-13 : 0195107578
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Download or read book The Religious World of Kīrti Śrī written by John Holt and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This inderdisciplinary inquiry seeks to uncover how Buddhism was expressed during the waning years of indigenous political power in Asia's oldest continuing Buddhist culture. It focuses on King Kirti Sri Rajasinha and how he successfully revised Sinhalese Theravada Buddhism.


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