Buddhist preaching and Sinhala religious rhetoric: Medieval buddhist methods to popularize Theravada

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Volumn 44, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 180-210

  Deegalle, Mahinda ^a  

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EID: 61949115272     PISSN: 00295973     EISSN: 15685276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/1568527972629858     Document Type: Review

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