| Description |
1 online resource (443 pages) |
| Contents |
Cubierta; Portada; Créditos; Dedicatoria; Sumario; Mapa; Introducción; 1. La historia de la monja; 2. El bailarín de Kannur; 3. Las hijas de Yellamma; 4. El cantor de epopeyas; 5. El hada roja; 6. La historia del monje; 7. El hacedor de ídolos; 8. La dama del crepúsculo; 9. La canción del trovador ciego; Glosario; Bibliografía; Nota sobre el autor; Contracubierta |
| Summary |
The product of a 25-year exploration of India's cultural and religious traditions, this collection of biographies introduces the reader to nine unforgettable characters, including a Buddhist monk who takes up arms to resist the Chinese invasion of Tibet and then spends the rest of his life trying to atone for the violence by hand printing the best prayer flags in India; a Jain nun who tests her powers of detachment as she watches her best friend ritually starve to death; and a devadasi, or temple prostitute, who initially resists her own initiation into sex work, yet pushes both of her daughte |
| Notes |
Spanish |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
India -- Religious life and customs
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India -- Social conditions
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9788472457973 |
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8472457974 |
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