Anagatavamsa Desana

by John C. Holt (Ed.) and Udaya Meddegama

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This Sinhala recension of the Anagatavamsa, here translated into English for the first time, is but one of the several texts forming a genre of Buddhist apocalyptic literature generated by the Cult of Maitreya in South and South-east Asia. It is a prophetic text revealing a rich religious imagination focuses upon the advent of the future Buddha in a time when those who have long persevered in the religious quest will gain an opportunity realise the highest spiritual attainment.

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UDAYA MEDDEGAMA is Associate Professor in the Department of Sinhalese at the University of Peradeniya in Sri Lanka. He has brilliant academic record including one Gold Medal. He is the author of many studies focussed on Sinhalese literature and has published two anthologies of poetry.JOHN CLIFFORD HOLT is Professor of Religion at Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine, USA. His recent book, Buddha in the Crown: Avalokitesvara in the Buddhist Traditions of Sri Lanka, was awarded the 1992 American Academy of Religion Award for Excellence in the Study of Religion.

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Title: Anagatavamsa Desana
Author(s): John C. Holt (Ed.), Udaya Meddegama
ISBN: 812081133X
Year of Publication: 1993
Bibliographic Information: xii + 70p. Gloss., Index, Notes, Ref.
Format: Hardcover
Series Information: Buddhist Tradition Series Vol. 21
Language: English

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Anagatavamsa Desana by John C. Holt (Ed.) and Udaya Meddegama

Anagatavamsa Desana

by John C. Holt (Ed.) and Udaya Meddegama