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Imagining a place for Buddhism : literary culture and religious community in Tamil-speaking South India

eBook, English, 2002
Oxford University Press, New York, 2002
History
1 online resource (370 pages)
9780195139990, 9780198032069, 9781423762164, 0195139992, 0198032064, 1423762169
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Note on Transliteration and Translationxi
Introduction3(10)
Reading Manimekalai as Buddhist Literature
13(45)
The Manimekalai's Community of Readers and Listeners
58(29)
The Manimekalai's Buddhist Community Envisioned
87(29)
The Viracoliyam: Language, Literary Theory, and Religious Community
116(21)
Imagining Community Through Commentary
137(19)
Conclusion156(5)
Notes161(66)
Bibliography227(18)
Index245