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	Relic - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		A relic is an object, especially a piece of the body or a personal item of someone of religious significance, carefully preserved with an air of veneration as a tangible memorial.
		Relic is also the term for something that has survived the passage of time, especially an object or custom whose original culture has disappeared, but also an object cherished for historical or memorial value (such as a keepsake or heirloom).
		The veneration of the relics of saints - from the Summa Theologiae
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Relic (1762 words)

	Relic - Biocrawler (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The word relic comes from the Latin reliquiae ('remains') and there are many pre-Christian instances of some bone or other part of the corpse, or some intimately associated object, carefully preserved with an air of veneration as a tangible memorial.
		The preservation of relics is a primitive instinct, and it is associated with shamanism as well as many other developed religious systems besides that of Christianity.
		The veneration of the relics of saints (http://www.newadvent.org/summa/402506.htm) - from the Summa Theologicada:Relikviefr:Relique
	www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/Relic (1708 words)

	Sri Dalada Maligawa - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Sri Dalada Maligawa or The Temple of the Sacred Tooth Relic is a temple in the city of Kandy in Sri Lanka.
		It was built within the royal palace complex which houses the only surviving relic of the tooth of Buddha, an object of veneration for Buddhists.
		Kandy was the capital of the Sinhalese Kings from 1592 to 1815, fortified by the terrain of the mountains and the difficult approach.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Temple_of_the_Tooth (281 words)

	Kandy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The famous tooth of Buddha, a relic symbolising a 4th-century tradition that is often linked to royalty, was brought to Sri Lanka.
		On the north shore of the lake, which is enclosed by a parapet of white stone dating to the beginning of the 19th century, are the city's official religious monuments, including the Royal Palace and the Temple of the Tooth, known as the Dalada Maligawa.
		The Temple of the Tooth, the palace complex and the holy city of Kandy are associated with the history of the dissemination of one of the most important religions of humanity, Buddhism.
	bopedia.com /en/wikipedia/k/ka/kandy.html (573 words)

	The Sacred Tooth Relic as Rain-Maker
		The most important of the corporeal relics of the Buddha that serves this function even today is the Dalada, the sacred Tooth, which is enshrined in a golden casket at the Dalada Maligava, The Palace of the Sacred Tooth at Kandy.
		The left eye-tooth relic of the Buddha was brought from Kalinga in India to the island in the fourth century AD, about six centuries after the arrival of the bodhi tree.
		So the story of the Tooth relic in Sri Lanka is, in fact, the story of innumerable kings and princes, local and foreign, and of innumerable monks and men who struggled to keep possession of this treasure and keep it from falling into hostile hands.
	daladamaligawa.org /fertility.htm (1066 words)

	WWW Virtual Library
		Having defeated, the Tooth Relic was secretly conveyed to Sri Lanka by prince Danta and princess Hemamala in whose custody it was.
		In 1853, by statutory provisions, the custody of the Relic was passed on to the bhikkus of Malwatte and Asgiriya temples, with the Diyawadana Nilame as its lay custodian.
		Such was the magical aura of the Tooth Relic that the Buddhists of the country have been given the opportunity to render it their homage with faith and devotion.
	www.lankalibrary.com /heritage/dalada.htm (1485 words)

	Dalada Maligawe-Buddha's Tooth Relic-Philosophy of Buddhism- Sanuja Senanayake 's Personal Web Page
		The king lost the battle and his daughter princes Hemamali and son in law Dhantha brought the tooth relic to Sri Lanka, and it was hidden in her knot of hair foe safety.
		Traditionally thereafter the sacred tooth relic was regarded as a royal treasure and symbol of kingship and was enshrined in the private shrine room of temple in the royal palace complex of Capital and protected by the king himself.
		The king immediately embraced Buddhism and brought the sacred Tooth Relic to Kandy then known as Senkadagalapura and later came to be known Sri Wardhanapura (meaning the city that increases her beauty) from Delgamuva and built the present Dalada Maligava.
	members.shaw.ca /sanuja/dalada.html (3581 words)

	Article - History of the Tooth Relic - presented by ©NewsFinder.Org - All Rights Reserved
		Relic caskets are usually made in the shape of a sepulchral mound or tope.
		From Kalinga the Tooth was brought to Ceylon by a Brahman woman in the ninth year of the reign of Sirimeghavanna, that is, in the latter part of the fouth century A.D.The Mahavamsa has only a brief reference to the event and refers to the Dathavamsa for details.
		The Tooth was deliverd to him, and with his own hands he pounded it in a brazen moter and threw the powder into a brazier of live coals, after which the whole was cast into the sea.
	www.newsfinder.org /more.php?id=48_0_5_0_M (1921 words)

	Buddha's tooth replica extracted from temple
		The glass casing at the Swedaw Myat -- "Tooth Relic" -- Pagoda in which the tooth replica had been enshrined was discovered broken Aug. 14, and the tooth, along with several precious gems, were missing.
		The replica relic had been kept on a bejeweled pedestal with a jewel-encrusted holder inside the glass case.
		When China lent the real tooth, two ivory replicas were carved to be displayed with it, and after the real one was returned to China, one replica was kept at Swedaw Myat and the other in Myanmar's second city of Mandalay.
	www.indystar.com /apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20050820&Category=LIVING&ArtNo=508200410&Template=printart (236 words)

	Relic Worship (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The relics of the saints and rotten bones of the martyrs form a great part of the wealth of the Church.
		The grossest impostures have been practised in regard to such relics; and the most drivelling tales have been told of their wonder-working powers, and that too by Fathers of high name in the records of Christendom.
		In Greece, the superstitions regard to relics, and especially to the bones of the deified heroes, was a conspicuous part of the popular idolatry.
	www.biblebelievers.org.au /2bab024.htm (1490 words)

	RITUALS CONNECTED WITH THE SACRED TOOTH RELIC (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Yet, there is no indication that the Tooth Relic was treated as a symbol of kingship, until it came under the protection of the Sri Lankan kings.
		With the practice of treating the Tooth Relic as a palladium of kingship in Sri Lanka, a code of special ritual worship appears to have been established, combining the rituals conducted in a religious shrine and those of a royal palace.
		With the development of progressive Buddhist ideals, the sacred Tooth Relic was considered as Buddha in human form and such offerings as food and drinks came to be practiced as a daily ritual.
	www.sridaladamaligawa.lk /english/rituals_in.html (1784 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Particularly offensive to them has been the charge that the Buddha’s tooth relic enshrined in the Temple of the Tooth in Kandy is a fake and that it should be scientifically tested and a debate upon it organized to establish its origins and authenticity.
		Even Henry Olcott, one of the pioneers of the early 20th century Buddhist revival in the country, once contested the authenticity of the Tooth Relic, which was one of the main disagreements between him and Anagarika Dharmapala.
		It is in terms of such structures that Buddhists believe in, venerate and identify with the Tooth Relic of the Buddha and Catholics who flocked to Kudagama believed in the power of the Thorn.
	www.buddhistnews.tv /current/lakehouse-insult2-N.php (1315 words)

	SACRED TOOTH RELIC IN SENKADAGALA ( KANDY ) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Literary sources indicate that the sacred Tooth Relic was received by king Vimaladharmasuriya 1 with great veneration and placed in the new three-storied shrine built by him near the royal palace.
		During this period, the Tooth Relic had been moved to several locations such as Bamabaragala, Talagune and Madivaka viharas and the jungles of Bintanna, the country of the Vaddahs, and after the cessation of hostilities to some extent, the Tooth Relic was brought to a location closer to Kandy.
		Although the responsibility of the Tooth Relic was handed over to this Committee on 2nd October 1847, yet, the three important personages who acted as the custodians constituted the Maha Nayaka Theros of the Malwatta and Asgiriya Chapters and the Diyawadana Nilame.
	www.sridaladamaligawa.lk /english/tooth_relic_in3.html (1465 words)

	BBC News \| ASIA-PACIFIC \| 'Buddha's hair' found in China (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The former head of the local cultural relics protection bureau was quoted in another newspaper, the Guangzhou Daily, as saying he had opposed the excavation in the first place.
		Reports said this is thought to be the second piece of the Buddha's hair found in China - a similar relic was discovered in the north of the country in the 1970s.
		And a relic revered as a tooth of the Buddha, normally kept in a Beijing temple, attracted huge crowds when it was put on display in Hong Kong in May 1999.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/world/asia-pacific/1224892.stm (406 words)

	The Temple of the Tooth
		The Temple of the Tooth which is commonly known as "Sri Dalada Maligawa" is situated in the city of hills, Kandy.
		The tooth relic was brought to Sri Lanka in the 4th century ADdue to the cruel war in India.
		The "Vadahitina Maligawa" is commonly known as the Tooth Relic shrine.
	www.britishcouncil.lk /kidsintouch/kandy/temple.htm (446 words)

	Phayul Message Forums - www.phayul.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		So ashamed was he that he picked up a tooth from a dead dog's skull lying in the ditch by the road, wrapped it in some elegant silk, put it in a gau box, and presented it to his mother.
		Soon she was regaling the neighbours with the tales of the blessings she was receiving from the fine relic her son had brought her.
		But somehow she was able to experience her own pure perception of faith in relation to her Buddha nature, by opening her heart, by having faith in that object as Buddha's tooth.
	www.phayul.com /forums/showPost.aspx?postID=38590 (1094 words)

	Lord Buddha's Tooth in Burma Stolen (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Along with the tooth the thieves made off with, a small alter made of gold that is currently valued at 50 million Kyat from the Buddha's Replica Tooth Relic Pagoda (Swedaw Myat Pagoda) in Mayangone township in Rangoon.
		Gautama Buddha's sacred tooth was presented to the Burmese government by China in 1994.
		The sacred tooth replica given its religious and historic value, was enshrined in the Buddha's Replica Tooth Relic Pagoda, Rangoon on Dhammapala Hill in Mayangone Township.
	www.mizzima.com /mizzima/archives/news-in-2005/news-in-Aug/15-Aug-05-28.htm (257 words)

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		When His mortal remains were cremated the relics which remained unaffected by fire were four eye teeth, two collar bones and one frontal bone, which the deities and the Buddhist Kings took to their kingdoms and enshrined in the monuments.
		To procure the Buddha's sacred remains such as hair, tooth, bone or bone ashes or the utensils the Buddha had used was one of the major motives that prompted Myanmar kings to lead or to despatch diplomatic missions to Buddhist countries especially Sri Lanka and China.
		A magnificent welcoming ceremony was held at the airport and the sacred Tooth Relic was carried on a chariot pulled by elephants.
	www.myanmar.gov.mm /Perspective/persp1997/1-97/reli1-97.htm (1469 words)

	Buddha's Words - Gotaro2 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The Buddha looked up and seeing Devadatta, he remarked with pity, "Foolish man, you have done many unwholesome deeds for harming the Buddha." Devadatta's third attempt to kill the Blessed One was to make the fierce man-killer elephant, Nalagiri, drunk with liquor.
		Siddhartha Gautama, the Buddha, was born in Kapilavastu near the present Indian-Nepal border, the son of the ruler of a petty kingdom.
		The relic of the Buddha’s tooth in Kandy, Sri Lanka, is the focus of an especially popular festival on the Buddha’s birthday.
	www.homestead.com /gotaro2/Page5B.html (5909 words)

	Sri Lankan Buddhist exibitioning fake Buddhas tooth - InfoLanka Forum
		An exposition of the relic, revered by Buddhists, will he held at the Temple of the Tooth Relic (Dalada Maligawa) in Kandy between Sept 23 and Oct 5 this year, a statement from the Sri Lanka Tourism Office said today.
		The relic being venerated at the Kandy temple, was taken to Sri Lanka from India in the fourth century during the reign of King Sri Meghawanna.
		From the beginning of the "Polonnaruwa" period in Sri Lanka, the relic was considered an important and necessary asset to kingship, and the subsequent rulers began laying more emphasis on the possession of the tooth relic in order to indicate their right to the throne.
	www.infolanka.com /ubb/Forum1/HTML/004190.html (316 words)

	atSriLanka - A Comprehensive Travel and Tourism portal of Sri Lanka
		Centre of attraction in Kandy is the Dalada Maligawa, the temple housing the sacred Tooth Relic of the Buddha.
		Dalada Maligawa or the Temple of the sacred Tooth Relic in Kandy is the most venerated place of worship for Buddhists throughout the world.
		Built in the 16th century this temple houses the sacred Tooth Relic of the Buddha brought to Sri Lanka from the Kalinga province in ancient India in the 4th century AD.
	www.atsrilanka.com /kandy.html (687 words)

	Theravada: Buddhism in Sri Lankan
		Some of the most marvellous monuments in the Buddhist world belong to Sri Lanka, and her sculpture is closely associated with the early art of the Krishna valley and the later Pallava and Chola kings, owing to the close relationship that existed between south India and Sri Lanka.
		Later a hair relic, and in the 4th century AD, the Buddha's tooth would be taken to Sri Lanka.
		The tooth is still preserved in Kandy where daily rituals venerate the Buddha's tooth relic in Temple of the Tooth Relic, Kandy 16th Century.
	www.buddhanet.net /e-learning/buddhistworld/lanka-txt.htm (585 words)

	Popular Sinhalese Religion
		There is a thin boundary between reverence for the Buddha's memory and worship of the Buddha as a god, and the unsophisticated layperson often crosses this line by worshiping him as a transcendent divine being.
		The relics of the Buddha, for example, have miraculous powers; the literature and folklore of the Sinhalese are full of tales recounting the amazing events surrounding relics.
		At the Temple of the Tooth in Kandy, where the Buddha' s Tooth Relic is enshrined, rituals include elements from Hindu temple worship, such as feeding and clothing of the Buddha.
	kataragama.org /docs/popular-religion.htm (604 words)

	BBC News \| Asia-Pacific \| Birthday Buddha's tooth in Hong Kong (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		A tooth relic believed by Buddhists to be that of the Lord Buddha has arrived in Hong Kong where a special ceremony is to be held on Saturday to mark Buddha's birthday.
		The relic, one of the holiest in Buddhism, is believed to have been found among the remains of the Buddha after his cremation.
		A third relic in the possession of a Tibetan monk caused great excitement when moved to Taiwan last year, but was angrily denounced by Chinese officials as a false tooth.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/world/asia-pacific/349990.stm (332 words)

	Temple of the Tooth - Kandy, Sri Lanka
		Temple of the Tooth - Kandy, Sri Lanka
		Temple of the Tooth (Sri Dalada Maligawa), Kandy
		The relic of the tooth is kept in a two-story inner shrine fronted by two large elephant tusks.
	www.sacred-destinations.com /sri-lanka/kandy-temple-of-the-tooth.htm (965 words)

	Travel in Kandy - Sri Lanka - Asia - Culture - WorldTravelGate.net®-
		Its standout attraction is the octagonal Dalada Maligawa (Temple of the Tooth), a temple which houses Sri Lanka's most important religious relic - the sacred tooth of Buddha.
		After the Temple of the Tooth, the most famous landmark of Kandy is its lake, in the centre of the city.
		On the other side of the Temple of the Tooth, housed in part of former royal palace, is the Kandy Museum which houses excellent exhibits from the Kandyan period of Sri Lanka's history.
	www.asiatravelling.net /sri_lanka/kandy/kandy_culture.htm (684 words)

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