Buddhist Monks and the Politics of Lanka's Civil War: Ethnoreligious Nationalism of the Sinhala Saṅgha and Peacemaking in Sri Lanka, 1995-2010最新文献

Notes on Translations, Pali and Sinhala Words 巴利语和僧伽罗语的翻译注释

Buddhist Monks and the Politics of Lanka's Civil War: Ethnoreligious Nationalism of the Sinhala Saṅgha and Peacemaking in Sri Lanka, 1995-2010 Pub Date : 2016-04-13 DOI: 10.1558/equinox.24499

S. Rāghavan

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Federalism and Sinhala Buddhist Nationalism 联邦制与僧伽罗佛教民族主义

Buddhist Monks and the Politics of Lanka's Civil War: Ethnoreligious Nationalism of the Sinhala Saṅgha and Peacemaking in Sri Lanka, 1995-2010 Pub Date : 2016-04-13 DOI: 10.1558/equinox.28067

S. Rāghavan

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The Social and Political role of the Saṅgha in Lanka Saṅgha在斯里兰卡的社会和政治作用

Buddhist Monks and the Politics of Lanka's Civil War: Ethnoreligious Nationalism of the Sinhala Saṅgha and Peacemaking in Sri Lanka, 1995-2010 Pub Date : 2016-04-13 DOI: 10.1558/equinox.24502

S. Rāghavan

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An Army in Yellow Robes: Saṅgha Political Resistance 1815–2010 黄袍军:Saṅgha政治抵抗1815-2010

Buddhist Monks and the Politics of Lanka's Civil War: Ethnoreligious Nationalism of the Sinhala Saṅgha and Peacemaking in Sri Lanka, 1995-2010 Pub Date : 2016-04-13 DOI: 10.1558/equinox.24503

S. Rāghavan

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Three Saṅgha Activists and their Politics 三个Saṅgha活动家和他们的政治

Buddhist Monks and the Politics of Lanka's Civil War: Ethnoreligious Nationalism of the Sinhala Saṅgha and Peacemaking in Sri Lanka, 1995-2010 Pub Date : 2016-04-13 DOI: 10.1558/equinox.24504

S. Rāghavan

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Epilogue 后记

Buddhist Monks and the Politics of Lanka's Civil War: Ethnoreligious Nationalism of the Sinhala Saṅgha and Peacemaking in Sri Lanka, 1995-2010 Pub Date : 2016-04-13 DOI: 10.1558/equinox.24505

S. Rāghavan

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A Paradise Poisoned? Burden of the Past—Blunder of the Present 中毒的天堂?过去的负担——现在的失误

Buddhist Monks and the Politics of Lanka's Civil War: Ethnoreligious Nationalism of the Sinhala Saṅgha and Peacemaking in Sri Lanka, 1995-2010 Pub Date : 2016-04-13 DOI: 10.1558/equinox.24501

S. Rāghavan

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