04419nam 2200697 450 991046011520332120200520144314.01-118-52818-21-118-52820-4(CKB)3710000000371890(EBL)1977575(SSID)ssj0001437911(PQKBManifestationID)12540794(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001437911(PQKBWorkID)11376488(PQKB)10423313(PQKBManifestationID)16037343(PQKB)23120006(MiAaPQ)EBC1977575(MiAaPQ)EBC4036100(DLC) 2015004588(Au-PeEL)EBL1977575(CaPaEBR)ebr11030121(CaONFJC)MIL769827(OCoLC)902803298(EXLCZ)99371000000037189020150317h20152015 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrEveryday Hinduism /Joyce Burkhalter Flueckiger ; cover image, Jamini RoyChichester, England :Wiley Blackwell,2015.©20151 online resource (259 p.)Lived Religions ;1Description based upon print version of record.1-4051-6011-X 1-4051-6021-7 Includes bibliographical references and index at the end of each chapters.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 ReadingsChapter 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 PilgrimageTemplesSthala 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 TraditionsGender 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"This new introductory textbook provides a refreshingly innovative introduction to Hinduism through an exploration of its contemporary, everyday practice"--Provided by publisher.Lived religions ;1.HinduismTextbooksElectronic books.Hinduism294.5REL032000bisacshFlueckiger Joyce Burkhalter960794Roy JaminiMiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910460115203321Everyday Hinduism2231736UNINA