The Buddha in Lanna : : Art, Lineage, Power, and Place in Northern Thailand /

The Buddha in Lanna : : Art, Lineage, Power, and Place in Northern Thailand / / Angela S. Chiu.

For centuries, wherever Thai Buddhists have made their homes, statues of the Buddha have provided striking testament to the role of Buddhism in the lives of the people. The Buddha in Lanna offers the first in-depth historical study of the Thai tradition of donation of Buddha statues. Drawing on palm...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG Plus eBook-Package 2017
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Chiu, Angela S.,
Place / Publishing House:Honolulu : : University of Hawaii Press, , [2017]
©2017
Year of Publication:2017
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (256 p.) :; 19 b&w illustrations, 1 map
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Abbreviations
  • A Note on Transliteration and Terminology
  • Chapter One. Introduction
  • Chapter Two. Buddha Images and Devotees
  • Chapter Three. Buddha Images and the Monkhood
  • Chapter Four. Buddha Images and Place
  • Chapter Five. Buddha Images and Relics
  • Chapter Six. Buddha Images as Objects of Donation
  • Chapter Seven. Buddha Images as Objects of Transferrable Power
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index
  • About the Author

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