04518nam 2201141 a 450 991078216220332120230721032535.01-281-38565-40-520-94101-297866113856511-4356-5368-810.1525/9780520941014(CKB)1000000000535147(EBL)345562(OCoLC)476162434(SSID)ssj0000100348(PQKBManifestationID)11108598(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000100348(PQKBWorkID)10036950(PQKB)11334006(MiAaPQ)EBC345562(OCoLC)320325785(MdBmJHUP)muse30356(DE-B1597)520665(DE-B1597)9780520941014(Au-PeEL)EBL345562(CaPaEBR)ebr10229948(CaONFJC)MIL138565(EXLCZ)99100000000053514720070223d2008 uy 0engurun#---|u||utxtccrAghor medicine[electronic resource] pollution, death, and healing in northern India /Ron Barrett ; foreword by Jonathan P. ParryBerkeley University of California Pressc20081 online resource (240 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-520-25219-5 0-520-25218-7 Includes bibliographical references (p. 199-209) and index.Front matter --Contents --Illustrations --Foreword --Note on Transliteration, Abbreviations, and Names --Acknowledgments --Introduction --1. The Cosmic Sink --2. Fire in the Well --3. The Reformation --4. The Wrong Side of the River --5. Dawā and Duwā --6. Death and Nondiscrimination --Conclusion --Notes --Glossary --References --IndexFor centuries, the Aghori have been known as the most radical ascetics in India: living naked on the cremation grounds, meditating on corpses, engaging in cannibalism and coprophagy, and consuming intoxicants out of human skulls. In recent years, however, they have shifted their practices from the embrace of ritually polluted substances to the healing of stigmatized diseases. In the process, they have become a large, socially mainstream, and politically powerful organization. Based on extensive fieldwork, this lucidly written book explores the dynamics of pollution, death, and healing in Aghor medicine. Ron Barrett examines a range of Aghor therapies from ritual bathing to modified Ayurveda and biomedicines and clarifies many misconceptions about this little-studied group and its highly unorthodox, powerful ideas about illness and healing.Medical anthropologyIndiaVārānasi (Uttar Pradesh)AghorīsRitualsHealingReligious aspectsAghorīsLeprosyTreatmentIndiaVārānasi (Uttar Pradesh)aghor medicine.aghor therapy.aghori.anthropology.ayurveda.biomedicines.cannibalism.charnel grounds.conflict.coprophagy.corpses.cremation grounds.cremation.death.hardship.healing powers.healing.health.human skulls.illness and health.india.kapalas.living naked.medical anthropology.medical conditions.meditation.multicultural medicine.northern india.political organization.politics.pollution.post mortem rites.radical.ritual bathing.ritually polluted substances.skull cups.stigmatized diseases.Medical anthropologyAghorīsRituals.HealingReligious aspectsAghorīs.LeprosyTreatment306.4/6109542Barrett Ron1963-1482732MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910782162203321Aghor medicine3700556UNINA