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The document is a table of contents for a publication that includes various contributions on the topic of Buddhism among Tamils. It features sections on historical research, socio-political aspects of Buddhist conversions, and the expansion of Siṃhala Buddhism. The contributions are authored by different scholars, with a focus on Tamil culture and Buddhism.

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The document is a table of contents for a publication that includes various contributions on the topic of Buddhism among Tamils. It features sections on historical research, socio-political aspects of Buddhist conversions, and the expansion of Siṃhala Buddhism. The contributions are authored by different scholars, with a focus on Tamil culture and Buddhism.

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Abstract 7
Abbreviations 11
Anne Monius, Peter Schalk
Preface 13
Peter Schalk
Buddhism among Tamils. An Introduction 21
Alvappillai Veluppillai
Comments on the History of Research on Buddhism
among Tamils 33
Pictorial Documentation, between pp. 102 and 103
Anne Monius
‘Sanskrit is the Mother of All Tamil Words’: Further
Thoughts on the Vīracōliyam and its Commentary 103
Peter Schalk
Eḷāra and Duṭṭhagāmaṇī – again 131
A. J. V. Chandrakanthan
Conversion to Buddhism as a Form of Socio-Political
Protest: Tamil Sub-Nationalisms and the Ambedkar-Model
of Buddhist Conversions in Jaffna 1962–64 161
Jude Lal Fernando
War by other Means. Expansion of Siṃhala Buddhism
into the Tamil Region in “Post-War” Īlam 175
References 239
List of Pictures 263

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