CONTENTS

Acknowledgments

A Note on Transliteration and Translation

 

INTRODUCTION

1. INSTRUCTIONS, ADMONITIONS, AND ASPIRATIONS IN VAṂSA PROEMS

2. RELOCATING THE LIGHT

3. NĀGAS, TRANSFIGURED FIGURES INSIDE THE TEXT, RUMINATIVE TRIGGERS OUTSIDE

4. NĀGAS AND RELICS

5. HISTORICIZING (IN) THE PĀLI DĪPAVAṂSA AND MAHĀVAṂSA

CONCLUSION

Notes

Bibliography

Index