Gornall, Alastair, <br/><br/>
Rewriting Buddhism :   Pali Literature and Monastic Reform in Sri Lanka, 1157–1270 /  
Alastair Gornall. 
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<br/><br/>Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of Maps -- List of Tables -- List of Figures -- Note on the Presentation of Texts and Sources -- Acknowledgements -- 1. Introduction: Themes and Theories -- Part I: Chaos -- 2. Before 1165 and All That -- 3. The Reform Era and its Pali Literature -- Part II: Order -- 4. Scholarly Foundations: Moggallāna's Grammar -- 5. Buddhist Scholasticism: Suman·gala's Commentaries -- 6. Eschatological Encyclopedism: Siddhattha's Anthology -- Part III: Emotion -- 7. Sense and Sensibility: San·gharakkhita's Poetics 8. The Politics of Relics: Dhammakitti's History -- 9. Devotional Power: Buddharakkhita's Buddha Biography -- 10. Conclusion: Other Lives and Afterlives -- References -- Index 
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<br/><br/> Rewriting Buddhism is the first intellectual history of premodern Sri Lanka's most culturally productive period. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781787355156 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Pali literature.<br/>Intellectual life.<br/>Buddhism.<br/>HISTORY / Asia / India & South Asia<br/>Buddhism--History.--Sri Lanka<br/>Pali literature--History and criticism.--Sri Lanka
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Sri Lanka.<br/>Sri Lanka--Intellectual life.<br/>Sri Lanka--History--To 1505.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>History.<br/>Criticism, interpretation, etc.<br/>Electronic books.