TY  - BOOK
AU  - Gornall,Alastair
ED  - Project Muse.
TI  - Rewriting Buddhism : : Pali Literature and Monastic Reform in Sri Lanka, 1157–1270 / 
SN  - 9781787355156
PY  - 2020///
CY  - London
PB  - UCL Press
KW  - Pali literature
KW  - fast
KW  - Intellectual life
KW  - Buddhism
KW  - HISTORY / Asia / India & South Asia
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - Sri Lanka
KW  - History
KW  - History and criticism
KW  - To 1505
KW  - Criticism, interpretation, etc
KW  - Electronic books.
KW  - local
N1  - 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; Open Access
N2  - Rewriting Buddhism is the first intellectual history of premodern Sri Lanka's most culturally productive period
UR  - https://muse.jhu.edu/book/81889/
ER  -