Lankapura
The Legacy of the Ramayana in Sri Lanka
Datos Bibliográficos
| ID | 11016366 |
|---|---|
| Autores | Justin W Henry (0000-0002-0624-8563, Department of Theology, Loyola University, Chicago, IL, USA, autor de correspondencia), Sree Padma (Asian Studies, Bowdoin College, Brunswick, ME, USA, autor de correspondencia) |
| Año | 2019 |
| Volumen | 42 |
| Número | 4 |
| Páginas | 726-731 |
| Fecha de publicación | 2019-07-04 |
| Peer Reviewed | Sí |
| Open Access | No |
| Tipo | ARTICLE |
| Revista | South Asia Journal of South Asian Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Identificadores de la revista | ISSN: 0085-6401 • E-ISSN: 1479-0270 |
| Editorial | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/00856401.2019.1626127 |
| OpenAlex | W2969664819 |
| Idioma | EN |
| Citas recibidas | 1 |
The five articles which make up this special issue of South Asia explore the role of the Ramayana in Sri Lankan art, literature, religious ritual and political discourse in shaping Sinhala Buddhist and Tamil Saiva perceptions of the island’s distant past. Contributors work to answer the question as to when and how Sri Lanka came to be equated with the mythic ‘Lankapura’ of Valmiki’s epic, exploring both positive and negative portrayals of Ravana (ruler of Lanka antagonist of the Ramayana) in Sinhala and Tamil literature from the late medieval period to the present day. Authors work to account for the politicisation and historicisation of the Ramayana in twenty-first century Sri Lanka (including similarities to and differences from the contemporary Indian situation), along with the appropriation of Ravana as a Sinhala Buddhist cultural hero, and the incorporation of Vibhishana as a ‘guardian deity’ in the Sinhala Buddhist pantheon
Ancient history · Appropriation · Art · Buddhism · EPIC · Geography · HERO · Literature · Political science · Politics · Ruler · South asia · Sri lanka · Tamil · Anthropological Studies and Insights · Asian Geopolitics and Ethnography · History · Indian and Buddhist Studies · Law · Philosophy
| Obras citantes distintas | 1 |
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| Citas por año | 1 |
| Intervalo de citas | 2026 - 2026 (1) |
| Velocidad de citación | current |
| Altamente citado | No |
| Tipos de cita | Neutras: 1 |