The Buddha's tooth : western tales of a Sri Lankan relic /: western tales of a Sri Lankan relic. (2021)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: John S. Strong.
• Authors: Strong, John, 1948-
• Contents: Part One: The Portuguese and the Tooth Relic -- Chapter One: The Tale of the Portuguese Tooth and Its Sources -- Chapter Two: Where the Tooth Was Found: Traditions about the Location of the Relic in Sri -- Lanka -- Chapter Three: Whose Tooth Was It? Traditions about the Identity of the Relic -- Chapter Four: The Trial of the Tooth -- Chapter Five: The Destruction of the Tooth -- Conspectus of Part One: The Storical Evolution of the Tales of the Portuguese Tooth -- Part Two: The British and the Tooth Relic -- Chapter Six: The Cosmopolitan Tooth: The Relic in Kandy before the British Became Aware of -- It -- Chapter Seven: The British Takeover of 1815 and the Kandyan Convention -- Chapter Eight: The Relic Returns: The Tooth and Its Properties Restored to the Temple -- Chapter Nine: The Relic Lost and Recaptured: The Tooth and the Rebellion of 1817- -- Chapter Ten: The Relic Disestablished: Missionary Oppositions to the Tooth -- Chapter Eleven: Showings of the Tooth: The Story of the King of Siam's Visit (1897) -- Chapter Twelve: Showings of the Tooth: The Story of Queen Elizabeth's Shoes (1954)
• Publisher Details: Chicago : University of Chicago Press
• Publication Date: 2021
• Copyright Date: 2021
• Extent: 1 online resource (xi, 351 pages ), illustrations
• Subjects: 294.3/3/77095493; Buddhism and state -- Sri Lanka; Buddhism and state; Relics; Sri Lanka; Relics -- Sri Lanka
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780226801872
• Related ISBNs: 022680187X; 9780226789118; 022678911X; 9780226801735; 022680173X
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.