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Reading the Mahavamsa: The Literary Aims of a Theravada Buddhist History - South Asia Across the Disciplines Kristin Scheible
Reading the Mahavamsa: The Literary Aims of a Theravada Buddhist History - South Asia Across the Disciplines
Kristin Scheible
Reading the Mahavamsa advocates a new, literary approach to this text by revealing its embedded reading advice (to experience samvega and pasada) and affective work of metaphors (the Buddha's dharma as light) and salient characters (nagas).
240 pages
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | November 8, 2016 |
| ISBN13 | 9780231171380 |
| Publishers | Columbia University Press |
| Pages | 240 |
| Dimensions | 236 × 161 × 22 mm · 430 g |
| Language | English |