02734nam 22007212 450 991096930350332120200520144314.00-19-773937-71-280-70400-40-19-534834-610.1093/oso/9780195154252.001.0001(CKB)1000000000398895(EBL)422892(OCoLC)437109444(SSID)ssj0000297742(PQKBManifestationID)11228035(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000297742(PQKBWorkID)10335020(PQKB)10788723(Au-PeEL)EBL422892(CaPaEBR)ebr10273124(CaONFJC)MIL70400(OCoLC)1406781203(StDuBDS)9780197739372(OCoLC)49853535(FINmELB)ELB166232(MiAaPQ)EBC422892(EXLCZ)99100000000039889520030529e20232003 fy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe Goddesses' henchmen gender in Indian hero worship /Lindsey HarlanNew York ;Oxford University Press,2023.1 online resource (273 p.)Oxford scholarship onlinePreviously issued in print: 2003.0-19-515425-8 0-19-515426-6 Includes bibliographical references and index.Contents; Illustrations; Note on Transliteration; 1. Introduction; 2. The Land of Heroes: Rajasthani Soil and Rajput Blood; 3. Heroic Story: Slaughter and Glory; 4. Heroic Story Frames: Liberation, Perfection, and Seclusion; 5. Heroic Song: End of the Story and Beyond; Glossary; Bibliography; IndexThis title examines the worship of ancestral heroes in Rajasthan, India. Arguing that Rajput hero stories and songs encapsulate and express ideals of perfection and masculinity, it analyzes representations of wives and goddesses as tacit allies dispatching sacrificed heroes to heavenly paradise.Oxford scholarship online.Rajasthan (India)Social life and customsHero worshipIndiaRajasthanNationalismIndiaRajasthanReligious aspectsSocietyukslcRajasthan (India)Social life and customs.Hero worshipNationalismReligious aspects.Society.306/.0954/4Harlan Lindsey1124907StDuBDSStDuBDSStDuBDSZStDuBDSZBOOK9910969303503321The goddesses' henchmen4445860UNINA