John Strong's The Buddha's Tooth, published by the University of Chicago Press in 2021, is a scholarly study of Western accounts and receptions of the Sri Lankan Buddha's Tooth relic held at the Temple of the Sacred Tooth Relic in Kandy. Strong is an established scholar of Buddhist relic traditions. Its strength is that it is a peer-reviewed university press monograph by a recognized specialist. Its limit is that its focus is specifically how Western observers have written about and represented the relic, rather than a full account of the relic's standing and use within Sri Lankan Buddhist practice itself, so a claim about that internal religious significance needs a source addressing it directly.
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Citation
AuthorJohn S. Strong
PublisherUniversity of Chicago Press
Publication Year2021
URLhttps://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/B/bo112413087.html
Source Typeacademic monograph
Assessment
Reliability Tier1
John Strong's The Buddha's Tooth, published by the University of Chicago Press in 2021, is a peer reviewed university press monograph by a recognized specialist in Buddhist relic traditions, treated at the top tier. NotesJohn Strong's scholarly study of Western accounts of the Sri Lankan Buddha's Tooth relic.
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Claims Backed By This Source (24 claims)
This source backs 24 claims across the atlas. As facts: 16 well-attested. As cited relationships: 4 holds. Plus 4 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
Disposition By Topic
- Sacred Sites, 9 claims: 7 well-attested, 1 holds, 1 general references.
- Sources, 9 claims: 8 well-attested, 1 holds.
- Sacred Dances, 3 claims: 1 well-attested, 1 holds, 1 general references.
- Sacred Objects & Ritual Items, 2 claims: 1 holds, 1 general references.
- Cultures, 1 claims: 1 general references.
Holds
4Sacred Objects & Ritual Items
General References
4Sacred Objects & Ritual Items
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