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![Relics, Ritual, and Representation in Buddhism: Rematerializing the Sri Lankan Theravada Tradition by Kevin Trainor](https://558130.bdp32.group/rails/active_storage/representations/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsibWVzc2FnZSI6IkJBaHBBMTRKOHc9PSIsImV4cCI6bnVsbCwicHVyIjoiYmxvYl9pZCJ9fQ==--b07e51a97db46f82f6f48c305132840234b754f9/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsibWVzc2FnZSI6IkJBaDdCem9MWm05eWJXRjBTU0lJYW5CbkJqb0dSVlE2RkhKbGMybDZaVjkwYjE5c2FXMXBkRnNIYVFJc0FXa0M5QUU9IiwiZXhwIjpudWxsLCJwdXIiOiJ2YXJpYXRpb24ifX0=--038335c90cf75c275ae4d36968ac417dc4a0a3e3/Relics,%20Ritual,%20and%20Representation%20in%20Buddhism-%20Rematerializing%20the%20Sri%20Lankan%20Theravada%20Tradition.jpg)
240 pages • first pub 1997 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780521036689
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 01 May 2007
Description
Western scholarship has largely ignored the practice of venerating the physical remains of the Buddha, a practice that has been a central focus of both monastic and lay Buddhists for more than two millennia. This study draws on textual and archaeo...
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240 pages • first pub 1997 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780521036689
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 01 May 2007
Description
Western scholarship has largely ignored the practice of venerating the physical remains of the Buddha, a practice that has been a central focus of both monastic and lay Buddhists for more than two millennia. This study draws on textual and archaeo...