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The Work of Kings: The New Buddhism in Sri Lanka

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Bradley S. Clough
Journal of Asian Studies (2001) 60 (1): 279–282.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2307/2659584
Published: 01 February 2001
...Bradley S. Clough The Work of Kings: The New Buddhism in Sri Lanka . By H. L. Seneviratne . Chicago : The University of Chicago Press , 1999 . xii, 368 pp. $22.00 (paper). Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 2001 2001 BOOK REVIEWS SOUTH ASIA 279 middle-class women...
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Rituals of the Kandyan State

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Bryan Pfaffenberger
Journal of Asian Studies (1979) 38 (4): 835–837.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2307/2053968
Published: 01 August 1979
...Bryan Pfaffenberger Rituals of the Kandyan State . By H. L. Seneviratne . Cambridge : Cambridge University Press (Cambridge Studies in Social Anthropology No. 22), 1978 . xii, 190 pp. Maps, Figures, Tables, References, Index. $19.95. Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc...
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Senerat Paranavitana Commemoration Volume

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H. L. Seneviratne
Journal of Asian Studies (1979) 38 (4): 832–835.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2307/2053967
Published: 01 August 1979
...H. L. Seneviratne Senerat Paranavitana Commemoration Volume . Edited by Leelanda Prematilleke , Karthigesu Indrapala , and J. E. van Lohuizen-de Leeuw . Studies in South Asian Culure, Volume VII. Edited by J. E. van Lohuizen-de Leeuw. Leiden : E. J. Brill , 1978 . xi, 300 pp. Plates...
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A Celebration of Demons: Exorcism and the Aesthetics of Healing in Sri Lanka

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H. L. Seneviratne
Journal of Asian Studies (1985) 44 (3): 636–637.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2307/2056314
Published: 01 May 1985
...H. L. Seneviratne A Celebration of Demons: Exorcism and the Aesthetics of Healing in Sri Lanka . By Bruce Kapferer . Bloomington : University of Indiana Press , 1983 . xvii, 293 pp. Illustrations, Notes, Bibliography, Glossary, Subject Index, Author Index. $32.50 (cloth); $18.50 (paper...
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Power and Religiosity in a Post-Colonial Setting: Sinhala Catholics in Contemporary Sri Lanka

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H. L. Seneviratne
Journal of Asian Studies (1994) 53 (1): 268–269.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2307/2059621
Published: 01 February 1994
...H. L. Seneviratne Power and Religiosity in a Post-Colonial Setting: Sinhala Catholics in Contemporary Sri Lanka . By R. L. Stirrat . Cambridge Studies in Social and Cultural Anthropology, No. 87. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press , 1992 . xviii, 231 pp. $59.95. Copyright ©...
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Religiousness in Sri Lanka

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H. L. Seneviratne
Journal of Asian Studies (1982) 41 (2): 379–382.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2307/2054991
Published: 01 February 1982
...H. L. Seneviratne BOOK REVIEWS SOUTH ASIA 379 section contains Nagarjuna's refutations of the objections raised in the first part. This book by Dr. Kamaleswar Bhattacharya contains a reprint of the Sanskrit text and the first complete translation into English of the Sanskrit original. The Sanskrit...
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Monks, Priests and Peasants: A Study of Buddhism and Social Structure in Central Ceylon

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H. L. Seneviratne
Journal of Asian Studies (1977) 36 (2): 381–382.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2307/2053764
Published: 01 February 1977
...H. L. Seneviratne Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1977 1977 Monks, Priests and Peasants: A Study of Buddhism and Social Structure in Central Ceylon . By Hans-Dieter Evers . Leiden : E. J. Brill , 1972 . xii, 136 pp. Notes, Tables, Figures, Plates, Appendixes...
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Political Structure in a Changing Sinhalese Village

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H. L. Seneviratne
Journal of Asian Studies (1977) 36 (3): 582–583.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2307/2054144
Published: 01 May 1977
...H. L. Seneviratne Political Structure in a Changing Sinhalese Village . By Marguerite S. Robinson . Cambridge : Cambridge University Press , Cambridge South Asian Studies 15, 1975 . xvi, 376 pp. Notes, Tables, Maps, Figures, Appendixes, Glossary, Bibliography, Index. $27.00 Copyright...
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Robe and Plough: Monasticism and Economic Interest in Early Medieval Sri Lanka

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H. L. Seneviratne
Journal of Asian Studies (1980) 40 (1): 163–165.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2307/2055082
Published: 01 November 1980
...H. L. Seneviratne Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1980 1980 Robe and Plough: Monasticism and Economic Interest in Early Medieval Sri Lanka . By R. A. L. H. Gunawardana . Tucson : University of Arizona Press for the Association for Asian Studies (Association...
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Politics of the Possible: Essays on Gender, History, Narratives, Colonial English

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Parama Roy
Journal of Asian Studies (2001) 60 (1): 277–279.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2307/2659583
Published: 01 February 2001
..., class formation, and communalism will have to contend with Sangari's insights for years to come. PARAMA ROY University of California, Riverside The Work of Kings: The New Buddhism in Sri Lanka. By H. L. SENEVIRATNE. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1999- xii, 368 pp. $22.00 (paper). Over...
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Resisting the Global in Buddhist Nationalism: Venerable Soma's Discourse of Decline and Reform

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Stephen C. Berkwitz
Journal of Asian Studies (2008) 67 (1): 73–106.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S002191180800003X
Published: 01 February 2008
...,” even at the expense of minority communities (121–24). Thus, for Tambiah, Sinhala Buddhist nationalism remains an illegitimate and oppressive political movement. More recently, two works have substantially advanced the attempt to theorize about Buddhist nationalism in Sri Lanka. H. L. Seneviratne's...
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The Social Complexity of Southeast Asian Religion: The Current Debate on Buddhism

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Hans-Dieter Evers
Journal of Asian Studies (1977) 37 (1): 183–185.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2307/2053407
Published: 01 November 1977
.... Unfortunately, H. L. Seneviratne did not avail himself of this opportunity in his review (/AS, XXXVI, Feb 1977) of my monograph Monks, Priests and Peasants: A Study ofBuddhism and Social Structure in Central Ceylon; consequently, he appears to have missed some major issues. The current debate is summarized...
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A Political Geography of Deities: Space and the Pantheon in Sinhalese Buddhism

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Deborah Winslow
Journal of Asian Studies (1984) 43 (2): 273–291.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2307/2055314
Published: 01 February 1984
... on the ‘Bandar’ Cult of the Kandyan Sinhalese .” Man 9 : 130 –34. Seneviratne H. L. 1978 ., Rituals of the Kandyan State . Cambridge Studies in Social Anthropology, 22. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press . Smith Bardwell L. , ed. 1977 . Religion and the Legitimization of Power in Sri...
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Sri Lanka and South-East Asia: Political, Religious and Cultural Relations from A.D. c. 1000 to c. 1500

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Charles F. Keyes
Journal of Asian Studies (1979) 38 (4): 837–839.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2307/2053969
Published: 01 August 1979
.... Seneviratne's analysis of the Kandyan case illustrates that, even by Dumont's criteria, the Sinhalese social order fits well within the cultural compass of India. The Kandyan king was by no means the center of the object of Temple rituals; on the contrary, he was, like the Drummer, a functionary in them whose...
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Revolutionary Organization: Institution-Building within the People's Liberation Armed Forces

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Carlyle A. Thayer
Journal of Asian Studies (1977) 36 (2): 382.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2307/2053765
Published: 01 February 1977
... for Glds. 54. Surely the questions involved go beyond the scholarly into the domain of the moral. H. L. SENEVIRATNE University of Virginia Revolutionary Organization: InstitutionBuilding within the People's Liberation Armed Forces. BY PAUL BERMAN. Lexington, Mass.: Lexington Books, 1974. xvi, 249 pp. Notes...
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Contributions to Asian Studies. Vol. 13: Rural Development

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Gordon Dohle
Journal of Asian Studies (1982) 41 (2): 382–383.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2307/2054992
Published: 01 February 1982
... will prefer to stay with the orthodox view in both cases, but the two proposals are testimony that interreligious harmony has enthusiastic supporters among distinguished members of Sri Lanka's clergy. H. L. SENEVIRATNE University of Virginia Contributions to Asian Studies. Vol. 13: Rural Development. Edited...
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Rescued from the Nation: Anagarika Dharmapala and the Buddhist World

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Sasanka Perera
Journal of Asian Studies (2018) 77 (3): 825–826.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0021911818000748
Published: 01 August 2018
... points out in Rescued from the Nation , in these local cultural understandings as well as in the important writings of scholars such as Gananath Obeyesekere, Richard Gombrich, S. J. Tambiah and H. L. Seneviratne, much is overlooked in the life and politics of Dharmapala (pp. 5–6). This lapse derives...
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Annual Index

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Journal of Asian Studies (1979) 38 (4): 851–862.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0021911800124593
Published: 01 August 1979
...: The Sanskrit Prdtimoksa Sutras ofthe Mahasdmghikas and 403 799 593 Mulasarvdstivddins [DONALD K. SWEARER] 419 PREMAT1LLEKE, INDRAPALA, AND VAN LOHIZEN-DE LEEUW (eds Senerat Paranavitana Commemoration Volume [H. L. SENEVIRATNE] ROBB AND TAYLOR (eds Rule, Protest, Identity: Aspects of Modem South Asia [FRANK F...
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Annual Index

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Journal of Asian Studies (1977) 36 (4): 799–808.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S002191180007491X
Published: 01 August 1977
... World Cities [WALLACE E. REED] 537 ELKINS, Electoral Participation in a South Indian Context [ROBERT L. HARDGRAVE, JR.] 769 ERB AND KALLAB (eds Beyond Dependency [GEORGE ROSEN] 117 EVERS, Monks, Priests and Peasants [H. L. SENEVIRATNE] 381 FAALAND AND PARKINSON, Bangladesh: The Test Case for Development...
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Ceylon

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Journal of Asian Studies (1964) 23 (5): 198–202.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0021911800111490
Published: 01 September 1964
... part 1 (1962), 29-39. SELKIRK, JAMES. A description of the Tamils of Ceylon. TC 10 (Jan. 1963), 109-112. SELVARATNAM, S. Some implications of population growth in Ceylon. Ceylon journal of historical and social studies 4 (Jan. 1961), 33-49. SENEVIRATNE, H. L. The Asala Perahara in Kandy. Ceylon journal...
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