Description |
xi, 258 pages ; 23 cm |
Series |
Collected papers on South Asia ; no. 7 |
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Collected papers on South Asia ; no. 7
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Contents |
Introduction: Theoretical approaches in the anthropology of South Asia / Richard Burghart -- The concept of nirvana in village Buddhism / Martin Southwold -- The Aghori ascetics of Benares / Jonathan P. Parry -- The Indian renouncer: structure and transformation in a Lingayat community / N.J. Bradford -- Initiation and consecration: priestly rituals in a South Indian temple / C.J. Fuller -- Vaishnava reform sects in Assam / Audrey Cantlie -- Lordship and caste in Hindu discourse / Ronald Inden -- Paradigms of body symbolism: an analysis of selected themes in Hindu culture / Veena Das -- Some phenomenological observations on the study of Indian religion / A. Piatigorsky |
Analysis |
South Asia Religions |
Notes |
South Asia. Religions (BNB/PRECIS) |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographies |
SUBJECT |
India -- Religious life and customs.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008115447
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South Asia -- Religion.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2010111773
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Author |
Burghart, Richard.
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Cantlie, Audrey.
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LC no. |
84015115 |
ISBN |
0312414005 |
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