Kevin Trainor: Relics, Ritual and Representation in the Theravada Tradition of Sri Lanka. Rematerializing the Sri Lankan Theravada Tradition

This work, by Kevin Trainor of Western Michigan University, USA, would appear to be the first widely ranging and yet detailed treatment of the cult of relics in the Buddhist tradition. Given the importance of relics in Buddhism it is astonishing that previous work on the subject has been mainly inci...

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Published in:Marburg Journal of Religion
Main Author: Pye, Michael
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Philipps-Universität Marburg 1998
Online Access:Online Access
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