Gananath Obeyesekere's definitive study of the Sri Lankan goddess Pattini, published by the University of Chicago Press in 1984. Obeyesekere traces Pattini's standing as chief of the island's guardian deities among Sinhala Buddhists, her cult's Gammaduwa ritual, the legend of her husband Palanga's unjust execution and her destruction of the city of Madurai by fire, and her parallel Tamil Hindu veneration as Kannagi. Its strength is an exhaustive, fieldwork grounded treatment of this one cult across both Buddhist and Hindu Sri Lankan communities. Its limit is its considerable length and detail, aimed at a specialist readership.
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AuthorGananath Obeyesekere
PublisherUniversity of Chicago Press
Publication Year1984
Source Typeacademic monograph
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The definitive, exhaustively researched university press monograph on this specific cult from a named anthropologist of Sri Lankan religion, standard in the field. Connections
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This source names Chicago directly: "published by the University of Chicago Press in 1984."
Source The Cult of the Goddess Pattini (Obeyesekere)Gananath Obeyesekere
This source names Pattini directly: "study of the Sri Lankan goddess Pattini, published by the University of Chicago Press in 1984."
Source The Cult of the Goddess Pattini (Obeyesekere)Gananath Obeyesekere
This source names Tamils directly: "Gananath Obeyesekere's definitive study of the Sri Lankan goddess Pattini, published by the University of Chicago Press in 1984."
Source The Cult of the Goddess Pattini (Obeyesekere)Gananath Obeyesekere
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This source backs 18 claims across the atlas. As facts: 11 well-attested. As cited relationships: 4 holds, 2 connected. Plus 1 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
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- Deities, 9 claims: 5 well-attested, 1 holds, 2 connected, 1 general references.
- Sources, 9 claims: 6 well-attested, 3 holds.
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