03314nam 2200673 450 991079051890332120200903223051.090-04-25739-X10.1163/9789004257399(CKB)2550000001130110(EBL)1474947(OCoLC)861081398(SSID)ssj0001002232(PQKBManifestationID)11532422(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001002232(PQKBWorkID)10996947(PQKB)10890262(MiAaPQ)EBC1474947(nllekb)BRILL9789004257399(Au-PeEL)EBL1474947(CaPaEBR)ebr10783386(CaONFJC)MIL530162(PPN)178930016(EXLCZ)99255000000113011020131104d2014 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrOne god, two goddesses, three studies of South Indian cosmology /by Don HandelmanLeiden, Netherlands :Brill,2014.©20141 online resource (236 p.)Jerusalem Studies in Religion and Culture,1570-078x ;Volume 18Description based upon print version of record.90-04-25615-6 1-299-98911-X Includes bibliographical references and index.Preliminary Material --1. The Cosmic Vortex and Don Handelman’s Anthropological Vision: A Personal View /Bruce Kapferer --2. Myths of Murugan: Asymmetry and Hierarchy in a South Indian Puranic Cosmology --3. The Guises of the Goddess and the Transformation of the Male: Gangamma’s Visit to Tirupati, and the Continuum of Gender --4. Growing a Kingdom: The Goddess of Depth in Vizianagaram /Don Handelman , M. V. Krishnayya and David Shulman --Index.One, God, Two Goddesses presents three studies, one of Tamil myths of the god Murugan and two of goddess rituals: Gangamma in Tirupati and Paiditalli in Vizianagaram, both in Andhra Pradesh. All three essays search for lineaments of the cosmos that these deities inhabit and shape. These cosmoi are characterised by the dynamism of their incessant interior movement. Should they become still, they would die. Deities activate and regenerate such a cosmos. The dynamism of Murugan’s cosmos eliminates the chaotic. Through ritual, Gangamma regenerates her cosmos through feminising it. Through ritual, Paiditalli annually re-grows the historic little kingdom of Vizianagaram, regenerating its kingship. All three studies point to the need to rethink cosmology in South India.Jerusalem studies in religion and culture ;v. 18.HinduismIndia, SouthRitualsMurugan (Hindu deity)CultHindu goddessesIndia, SouthHindu cosmologyHinduismRituals.Murugan (Hindu deity)Cult.Hindu goddessesHindu cosmology.294.5/211Handelman Don600381MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910790518903321One god, two goddesses, three studies of South Indian cosmology3749201UNINA