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The Buddha's wizards : magic, protection, and healing in Burmese Buddhism / Thomas Nathan Patton.

By: Publisher: New York : Columbia University Press, 2018Description: 1 online resource (xxxiv, 187 pages, 14 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrationsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780231547376
  • 0231547374
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Buddha's wizards.DDC classification:
  • 294.3/43309591 23
LOC classification:
  • BQ438
Online resources:
Contents:
Vanguards of the Sāsana -- The Buddha's chief wizard -- Women of the wizard king -- Pagodas of power -- Wizards in the shadows.
Summary: 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.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Vanguards of the Sāsana -- The Buddha's chief wizard -- Women of the wizard king -- Pagodas of power -- Wizards in the shadows.

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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.

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