The Buddhist saints of the forest and the cult of amulets : a study in charisma, hagiography, sectarianism, and millennial Buddhism / Stanley Jeyaraja Tambiah.

Author/creator Tambiah, Stanley Jeyaraja
Format Book
Publication InfoCambridge [Cambridgeshire] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1984.
Descriptionxi, 417 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Subjects
Buddhism--Thailand.
Buddhist monks--Thailand.
Buddhist cults--Thailand.

SeriesCambridge studies in social anthropology ; 49
Cambridge studies in social anthropology ; no. 49. ^A23090
General noteIncludes index.
Bibliography noteBibliography: p. 348-393.
LCCN 83015113
ISBN0521259843
ISBN0521277876 (pbk.)