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... tradition coexisted with various forms of Hin- duism , Mahāyāna Buddhism , and Buddhist Tantrism . Be- ginning in the 10th century - as Buddhism was declining in India - Sri Lanka became a major locus of a Theravada Buddhist revival ...
... tradition coexisted with various forms of Hin- duism , Mahāyāna Buddhism , and Buddhist Tantrism . Be- ginning in the 10th century - as Buddhism was declining in India - Sri Lanka became a major locus of a Theravada Buddhist revival ...
Page 304
... Tradition and Its Burmese Vicissitudes , 2nd expanded ed . ( 1982 ) . Various historical and contemporary aspects of Thai Bud- dhism are explored in STANLEY J. TAMBIAH , World Conqueror and World Renouncer : A Study of Buddhism and ...
... Tradition and Its Burmese Vicissitudes , 2nd expanded ed . ( 1982 ) . Various historical and contemporary aspects of Thai Bud- dhism are explored in STANLEY J. TAMBIAH , World Conqueror and World Renouncer : A Study of Buddhism and ...
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... tradition was maintained into the 19th century by peasant poets who , although not lacking in subtlety of craftsmanship , and occasionally vigorous in satire , had none of the advan- tages and only a few of the virtues of their ...
... tradition was maintained into the 19th century by peasant poets who , although not lacking in subtlety of craftsmanship , and occasionally vigorous in satire , had none of the advan- tages and only a few of the virtues of their ...
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