Memoir
on the History of the Tooth-Relic of Ceylon with a Preliminary Essay on the Life
and System of Gautama Buddha/J. Gerson Da Cunha. Reprint. First published :
London, 1975. New Delhi, AES, 1996, 70 p., ill., $11.
Memoir
on the History of the Tooth-Relic of Ceylon with a Preliminary Essay on the Life
and System of Gautama Buddha/J. Gerson Da Cunha. Reprint. First published :
London, 1975. New Delhi, AES, 1996, 70 p., ill., $11.
Contents: 1. Birth and youth of Gautama Buddha. 2. His ascetic life. 3. His system. 4. Buddhaic monachism. 5. Buddhist sects. 6. Relations between Sakhyamuni and Francesco D' Assisi, and decline of Buddhism in India. 7. On the relics of Buddha. 8. The authorities on the history of the tooth-relic of ceylon. 9. The history of the tooth in India. 10. The arrival of the tooth in ceylon. 11. Its capture by the portuguese. 12. Its destruction by the archbishop. 13. Contemporary opinion on the event. 14. On the resuscitation of the tooth. 15. Descriptive sketch of the tooth, temple and sanctuary.