1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910460115203321

Autore

Flueckiger Joyce Burkhalter

Titolo

Everyday Hinduism / / Joyce Burkhalter Flueckiger ; cover image, Jamini Roy

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chichester, England : , : Wiley Blackwell, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

1-118-52818-2

1-118-52820-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (259 p.)

Collana

Lived Religions ; ; 1

Classificazione

REL032000

Disciplina

294.5

Soggetti

Hinduism

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index at the end of each chapters.

Nota di contenuto

Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Acknowledgements; A Note on Transliteration; Map of India; Introduction; The Terms "Hindu," "Hinduism," and "Hindu Traditions"; Dharma: A Way of Life and Religious Tradition; Context and Multiplicity; Ethnographic Selection and Chapter Topics; References; Recommended Readings; A Note on Caste; Reference; Recommended Readings; Chapter 1 Families of Deities; The Trimurti; Mythological and Narrative Families; Vishnu; Shiva; Devi, the Goddess; Gramadevatas, Village Deities; Temple Families; Ritual Families in Domestic Shrines; References; Recommended Readings

Chapter 2 Oral and Visual Narratives and TheologiesOral Performance Genres; Visual Narratives and Theologies; Verbal and Visual Together; Where Does the Narrative Lie?; The Ramayana Tradition Performed; References; Recommended Readings; Chapter 3 Loving and Serving God: Bhakti, Murtis, and Puja; Bhakti, Devotion; Singing to God and the Goddess; Worshipping Deities in Material Form; Narratives of God in the Murti; The Deity without Form; Modes of Worshipping the Murti; The Services of Puja; Online, Cyber Puja; References; Recommended Readings; Chapter 4 Temples, Shrines, and Pilgrimage

TemplesSthala Puranas; Temple Architecture; Temple Worship; Shrines;



Pilgrimage; Tirumala, a Southern, Pan-Indian, and Transnational Pilgrimage Site; Narsinghnath, a Sub-regional Pilgrimage Site; References; Recommended Readings; Chapter 5 Festivals; Divali: Festival of Lights; Ganesha Chaturthi: Domestic, Neighborhood, and City-Wide Celebrations; Place-Bound Festivals: Tirupati's Gangamma Jatara; References; Recommended Readings; Chapter 6 Vrats: Ritual Vows and Women's Auspiciousness; Temple Vrats; Domestic Vrats; Vrat Kathas: Ritual Narratives; Two South Indian Vrat Traditions

Gender and VratsReferences; Recommended Readings; Chapter 7 Samskaras: Transformative Rites of Passage; Pregnancy and Birth; First-Year Samskaras; Upanayana and Rituals of Transition to Adulthood; Ranga Pravesham: Ascending the (Dance) Stage; Marriage; Death Rituals; References; Recommended Readings; Chapter 8 Ritual Healing, Possession, and Astrology; Accessing Multiple Healing Sites; Healing across Religious Boundaries; Possession; Astrology; References; Recommended Readings; Afterword; Glossary; Index; EULA

Sommario/riassunto

"This new introductory textbook provides a refreshingly innovative introduction to Hinduism through an exploration of its contemporary, everyday practice"--



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910495977603321

Autore

Ati Yalan

Titolo

Tamil dalit literature : My own experience

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Pondichéry, : Institut Français de Pondichéry, 2020

ISBN

979-1-03-654987-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (200 p.)

Collana

Mondes Indiens/South Asia

Altri autori (Persone)

Bama

BuckDavid C

C. BuckDavid

DRajkumar N

GhatakSudhakar

Imaiyam

Itaya VentanVili. Pa

MKannan

PantiyanPunita

PeriyavanAlakiya

RajkumarN.D

VentanVili. Pa. Itaya

Yakkan

KannanM

Soggetti

Tamil literature - Dalit authors - History and criticism

Tamil literature - Dalit authors

Authors, Tamil - 20th century

Authors, Tamil - 21st century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Sommario/riassunto

Contributed papers presented at a seminar held on January 30, 2004, at the French Institute of Pondicherry.