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Paperback The Buddha's Tooth: Western Tales of a Sri Lankan Relic Book

ISBN: 022680173X

ISBN13: 9780226801735

The Buddha's Tooth: Western Tales of a Sri Lankan Relic

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John S. Strong unravels the storm of influences shaping the received narratives of two iconic sacred objects.

Bodily relics such as hairs, teeth, fingernails, pieces of bone--supposedly from the Buddha himself--have long served as objects of veneration for many Buddhists. Unsurprisingly, when Western colonial powers subjugated populations in South Asia, they used, manipulated, redefined, and even destroyed these objects in an effort...

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