TY  - BOOK
AU  - Gornall,Alastair
TI  - Rewriting Buddhism: Pali literature and monastic reform in Sri Lanka, 1157-1270 
SN  - 9781787355170
PB  - UCL Press
KW  - Pali literature
KW  - Sri Lanka
KW  - History and criticism
KW  - Buddhism
KW  - History
KW  - To 1505
KW  - Intellectual life
N1  - This book is published under a Creative Commons 4.0 International licence (CC BY 4.0); Includes bibliographical references and index; 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; Electronic reproduction; London; UCL Press; 2020; Available in PDF format; Description based on contents viewed 06 May 2020
UR  - https://doi.org/10.14324/111.9781787355156
ER  -