Indian religion / edited by Richard Burghart and Audrey Cantlie.

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Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
London : Curzon Press ; New York : St. Martin Press, 1985.
Description
xi, 258 pages ; 23 cm.

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    Includes bibliographies.
    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.
    ISBN
    • 0312414005
    • 9780312414009
    • 0700701680
    • 9780700701681
    LCCN
    84015115
    OCLC
    10997437
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