Relics and relic worship in early Buddhism: India, Afghanistan, Sri Lanka and Burma
Among world religions, only Buddhism and Christianity attach a central significance to the role of relics. These two traditions, however, are different in both conceptual and material terms. In Buddhism, the most sacred relics are those considered parts of the cremated remains of the Buddha - a hair...
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London
British Museum Press
[2018]
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Research publication (218)
Year: 2018 |
| Series/Journal: | Research publication / The British Museum
218 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
India
/ Buddhism
/ Relic
/ Relic
B Afghanistan / Buddhism / Relic B Sri Lanka / Buddhism / Relic B Burma / Buddhism |
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Exhibition catalog
B Buddhist antiquities B BUDDHIST RELICS B History B South Asia |