Premakumara de Silva
Biographic Data
| ID | 6906718 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Premakumara de Silva |
| GIVEN NAMES | Premakumara |
| FAMILY NAME | de Silva |
| SIGNATURE | DE SILVA P |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Colombo |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 3 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2006 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Cultural Ambivalence
One of the essential features of the caste systems of South Asia is its link with occupational activity. In the Sri Lankan caste system, which evolved out a system of feudal service tenures linked to royal courts and Buddhist temples, the link with occupation is particularly strong. In this chapter we focus on the Berava or drummer caste with particular reference to southern Sri Lanka. Within the traditional social order, the Berava, on account o…
Reordering of Postcolonial Sri Pāda Temple in Sri Lanka
Historically speaking, Sri Pāda temple is a remarkable place of worship for people belonging to all four major religions in Sri Lanka where they share one particular object of worship—the sacred footprint. However, this pilgrimage site, which was previously considered a multi-religious site, or site of plural worship, has now been transformed, constructed or rather reordered into an ethnic majoritarian Buddhist space, concurrent with the rise of …
Anthropology Of ‘Sinhala Buddhism’
Part of the general problem in the anthropology of Buddhism as I demonstrate in this article is that the theoretical significance of the fact that the category 'Buddhism' is a recent and Western invention has not been sufficiently appreciated. Therefore, the anthropology of ‘Sinhala Buddhism’ continues to address the ahistorical and essentialist questions of who are Buddhists and who are not. In my view, such questions can only serve to further e…
Reordering of Postcolonial Sri Pāda Temple in Sri Lanka
Historically speaking, Sri Pāda temple is a remarkable place of worship for people belonging to all four major religions in Sri Lanka where they share one particular object of worship—the sacred footprint. However, this pilgrimage site, which was previously considered a multi-religious site, or site of plural worship, has now been transformed, constructed or rather reordered into an ethnic majoritarian Buddhist space, concurrent with the rise of …
Anthropology Of ‘Sinhala Buddhism’
Part of the general problem in the anthropology of Buddhism as I demonstrate in this article is that the theoretical significance of the fact that the category 'Buddhism' is a recent and Western invention has not been sufficiently appreciated. Therefore, the anthropology of ‘Sinhala Buddhism’ continues to address the ahistorical and essentialist questions of who are Buddhists and who are not. In my view, such questions can only serve to further e…
Reordering of Postcolonial Sri Pāda Temple in Sri Lanka
Historically speaking, Sri Pāda temple is a remarkable place of worship for people belonging to all four major religions in Sri Lanka where they share one particular object of worship—the sacred footprint. However, this pilgrimage site, which was previously considered a multi-religious site, or site of plural worship, has now been transformed, constructed or rather reordered into an ethnic majoritarian Buddhist space, concurrent with the rise of …
Cultural Ambivalence
One of the essential features of the caste systems of South Asia is its link with occupational activity. In the Sri Lankan caste system, which evolved out a system of feudal service tenures linked to royal courts and Buddhist temples, the link with occupation is particularly strong. In this chapter we focus on the Berava or drummer caste with particular reference to southern Sri Lanka. Within the traditional social order, the Berava, on account o…
Asian Geopolitics and Ethnography (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Anthropology (2 works) · Buddhism (2 works) · Gender Studies (2 works) · Geography (2 works) · Indian and Buddhist Studies (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Philosophy (2 works)