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Autore: | Flueckiger Joyce Burkhalter |
Titolo: | Everyday Hinduism / / Joyce Burkhalter Flueckiger ; cover image, Jamini Roy |
Pubblicazione: | Chichester, England : , : Wiley Blackwell, , 2015 |
2015 | |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (259 p.) |
Disciplina: | 294.5 |
Soggetto topico: | Hinduism |
Classificazione: | REL032000 |
Persona (resp. second.): | RoyJamini |
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"-- |
Titolo autorizzato: | Everyday Hinduism |
ISBN: | 1-118-52818-2 |
1-118-52820-4 | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910827395503321 |
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