The Buddha's Tooth: Western Tales of a Sri Lankan Relic by John S. Strong, Professor John S. Strong
The Buddha's Tooth: Western Tales of a Sri Lankan Relic

John S. Strong, Professor John S. Strong

The Buddha's Tooth: Western Tales of a Sri Lankan Relic

John S. Strong, Professor John S. Strong

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"Hair, teeth, fingernails, pieces of bone-bodily fragments supposedly from the Buddha himself have a complicated history. These relics have long served as objects of veneration for many Buddhists, and unsurprisingly, when Western colonial powers s...

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