The Buddhist Viṣṇu : religious transformation, politics, and culture

The historical and theoretical problems --
The "Hindu Buddha" and the "Buddhist Visnu" --
"Unceasing waves" : Brahmanical and Hindu influences on Medieval Sinhala Buddhist culture in Sri Lanka --
The Sandalwood image : Upulvan Deviyo and the origins of the Visnu cult in Sinhala Buddhist Sri Lanka --
Transformed deity : the "Buddhist Visnu" in Sinhala literature and liturgy --
The cult of Visnu in Buddhist Sri Lanka --
Seeking protection : cultic life at the Udarata Visnu Devalayas --
The Valiyak Mangalya : the curative powers of the Mala Raja --
Legacies of the "Buddhist Visnu" : myth and cult at the Alutnuvara Devalaya --
Mininster of defense? The politics of deification in contemporary Sri Lanka.