A History of Sri Lanka

A History of Sri Lanka
Author: K. M. De Silva
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Total Pages: 640
Release: 1981-01-01
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780520043206

Sri Lanka at the Crossroads of History

Sri Lanka at the Crossroads of History
Author: Zoltán Biedermann
Publisher: UCL Press
Total Pages: 357
Release: 2017-06-07
Genre: History
ISBN: 1911307843

The peoples of Sri Lanka have participated in far-flung trading networks, religious formations, and Asian and European empires for millennia. This interdisciplinary volume sets out to draw Sri Lanka into the field of Asian and Global History by showing how the latest wave of scholarship has explored the island as a ‘crossroads’, a place defined by its openness to movement across the Indian Ocean.Experts in the history, archaeology, literature and art of the island from c.500 BCE to c.1850 CE use Lankan material to explore a number of pressing scholarly debates. They address these matters from their varied disciplinary perspectives and diverse array of sources, critically assessing concepts such as ethnicity, cosmopolitanism and localisation, and elucidating the subtle ways in which the foreign may be resisted and embraced at the same time. The individual chapters, and the volume as a whole, are a welcome addition to the history and historiography of Sri Lanka, as well as studies of the Indian Ocean region, kingship, colonialism, imperialism, and early modernity.

The Anthropologist and the Native

The Anthropologist and the Native
Author: H. L. Seneviratne
Publisher: Anthem Press
Total Pages: 495
Release: 2011
Genre: History
ISBN: 0857284355

This book is a collection of 20 essays by international scholars collated in honor of Gananath Obeyesekere, Professor Emeritus at Princeton University, whose writings have contributed to the fields of South Asian studies and anthropology.

Buddhist Sects and Sectarianism

Buddhist Sects and Sectarianism
Author: Bibhuti Baruah
Publisher: Sarup & Sons
Total Pages: 500
Release: 2000
Genre: Buddhism
ISBN: 9788176251525

This Title Is A Historical Analysis Of Origin And Development Of Buddhist Sects And Sectarianism In The History Of The Succession Of Schools, It Is Found That The First Schism In The Sangha Was Followed By A Series Of Schisms Leading To The Formation Of Different Sub-Sects, And In The Course Of Time Eleven Such Sub-Sects Arose Out Of The Theravada While Seven Issued From The Mahasasnghikas. All These Branches Of Buddhist Sects Appeared One After Another In Close Succession Which In Three Or Four Hundred Years After The Buddha'S Parinirvana. Here, We Focus On Following Important Aspects: Growth And Ramification Of Buddhist Sects And Sectarian Schools; Mahayana Buddhism, Theravada Buddhism, Tantric Buddhism, Yogacara, Newar Buddhism, Bhutanese Buddhist Sects, Protestant Buddhism, Nichren Buddhism, Amida Buddhism, Tendai Buddhism, Shingon Buddhism, Zen Buddhism, Millennial Buddhism, There Are Different Authorities, Such As The Traditions Of The Theravadins, Sammitiyas, Mahasanghikas, And Subsequently The Tibetan And Chinese Translations Which Give Us Accounts Of The Origin Of The Different Sects And Sectarianism.

Hierarchy and Egalitarianism

Hierarchy and Egalitarianism
Author: Tamara Gunasekera
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 290
Release: 2020-08-20
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1000321037

A comprehensive analysis of stratification in rural Sri Lanka, taking into account the hierarchies of class, status and power.

Buddhism Transformed

Buddhism Transformed
Author: Richard Gombrich
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Total Pages: 508
Release: 2021-03-09
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 0691226857

In this study a social and cultural anthropologist and a specialist in the study of religion pool their talents to examine recent changes in popular religion in Sri Lanka. As the Sinhalas themselves perceive it, Buddhism proper has always shared the religious arena with a spirit religion. While Buddhism concerns salvation, the spirit religion focuses on worldly welfare. Buddhism Transformed describes and analyzes the changes that have profoundly altered the character of Sinhala religion in both areas.