Buddhist and Islamic Orders in Southern Asia: Comparative Perspectives 9780824877200
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Table of contents :
CONTENTS
Preface
1. Sufis and Saṅgha in Motion: Toward a Comparative Study of Religious Orders and Networks in Southern Asia
2. A Ḥadramī Sufi Tradition in the Indonesian Archipelago
3. The Itineraries of “Sīhaḷa Monk” Sāralaṅkā: Buddhist Interactions in Eighteenth-Century Southern Asia
4. Challenging Orders: Ṭarīqas and Muslim Society in SoutheasternIndia and Laṅkā, ca. 1400–1950
5. Whose Orders? Chinese Popular God Temple Networks and the Rise of Chinese Mahāyāna Buddhist Monasteries in Southeast Asia
6. Sufi “Orders” in Southeast Asia: From Private Devotions to Social Network and Corporate Action
7. Shaṭṭāriyya Sufi Scents: The Literary World of the Surakarta Palace in Nineteenth-Century Java
8. Negotiating Order in the Land of the Dragon and the Hidden Valley of Rice: Local Motives and Regional Networks in the Transmission of New “Tibetan” Buddhist Lineages in Bhutan and Sikkim
Contributors
Index
