Patton, Thomas Nathan, <br/><br/>
The Buddha's wizards :  magic, protection, and healing in Burmese Buddhism / 
Thomas Nathan Patton. 
 - 1 online resource (xxxiv, 187 pages, 14 unnumbered pages of plates) :  illustrations 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>Vanguards of the Sāsana -- The Buddha's chief wizard -- Women of the wizard king -- Pagodas of power -- Wizards in the shadows. 
<br/><br/> Belief in wizard-saints who protect their devotees and intervene in the world is widespread among Burmese Buddhists. The Buddha's Wizards is a historically informed, ethnographic study that explores the supernatural landscape of Buddhism in Myanmar to explain the persistence of wizardry as a form of lived religion in the modern era. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780231547376 0231547374 
<br/><br/><label>Source: </label>22573/ctv7qg38m  JSTOR 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2018033294 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Buddhism--Burma.<br/>Wizards--Burma.<br/>Occultism--Burma.<br/>Buddhism.<br/>Occultism.<br/>RELIGION / Comparative Religion<br/>HISTORY / Asia / Southeast Asia
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Burma--Religious life and customs.<br/>Burma.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>BQ438 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>294.3/43309591