| Description |
1 online resource (225 pages) |
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Routledge South Asian Religion Series |
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Routledge South Asian religion series.
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| Contents |
Cover; Cross-disciplinary Perspectives on a Contested Buddhist Site; Copyright; Contents; List of illustrations; Contributors; Acknowledgments; List of abbreviations; Introduction The multiple lives of Bodh Gaya: defining views and changing perspectives; Part I: Empowering the landscape of the Buddha; 1. Gaya-Bodh Gaya: the origins of a pilgrimage complex; 2. Sacred Bodh Gaya: the Buddhakáı£etra of Gotama Buddha; 3. The changing landscape at Bodh Gaya; 4. Bodh Gaya and the issue of originality in art; Part II: Monumental conjectures: Rebirths and retellings |
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5. Established usage and absolute freedom of religion at Bodh Gaya: 1861-19156. Queen Victoria beneath the Bodhi Tree: Anagarika Dharmapala as anti-imperialist and Victorian; 7. Bodh Gaya in the 1950s: Jawaharlal Nehru, Mahant Giri, and Anagarika Munindra; 8. "Why cause unnecessary confusion?": Re-inscribing the Mahabodhi Temple's holy places; Part III: Universal dreams and local departures; 9. World Heritage in the shadow of zamindari; 10. Maitreya, or the love of Buddhism: The non-event of Bodh Gaya's giant statue; 11. Universal education and social transformation in Bodh Gaya |
| Summary |
Bodh Gaya in the North Indian state of Bihar has long been recognized as the place where the Buddha achieved enlightenment. This book brings together the recent work of twelve scholars from a variety of disciplines - anthropology, art history, history, and religion - to highlight their various findings and perspectives on different facets of Bodh Gaya's past and present. Through an engaging and critical overview of the place of Buddha's enlightenment, the book discusses the dynamic and contested nature of this site, and looks at the tensions with the on-going efforts to define the pla |
| Notes |
12. NGOs, corruption, and reciprocity in the land of Buddha's enlightenmentIndex |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Buddha Gaya Temple.
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| SUBJECT |
Buddha Gaya Temple fast |
| Subject |
Sacred space -- Social aspects -- India -- Buddh Gaya
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India -- Buddh Gaya
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Sayers, Matthew R. R
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Singh Amar, Abhishek Singh
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| ISBN |
9781136320682 |
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1136320687 |
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