{"product_id":"imagining-a-place-for-buddhism-literary-culture-and-religious-community-in-tamil-speaking-south-india-0195139992","title":"Imagining a Place for Buddhism: Literary Culture and Religious Community in Tamil-Speaking South India","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0195139992\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Monius, Anne E.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e New\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhile Tamil-speaking South India is celebrated for its preservation of Hindu tradition, other religious communities have played a significant role in shaping the region's religious history. Among these non-Hindu communities is that of the Buddhists, who are little-understood because of the scarcity of remnants of Tamil-speaking Buddhist culture. Here, focusing on the two Buddhist texts in Tamil that are complete (a sixth-century poetic narrative and an eleventh-century treatise on grammar and poetics), Monius sheds light on the role of literature and literary culture in the formation, articulation, and evolution of religious identity and community.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mia Karts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51666766790944,"sku":"NEW0195139992","price":116.31,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0980\/7426\/3840\/files\/71EI0EoQguL.jpg?v=1778947488","url":"https:\/\/miakarts.com\/products\/imagining-a-place-for-buddhism-literary-culture-and-religious-community-in-tamil-speaking-south-india-0195139992","provider":"Miakarts Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}