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Ageing issues in India : practices, perspectives and policies / / Mala Kapur Shankardass, editor
| Ageing issues in India : practices, perspectives and policies / / Mala Kapur Shankardass, editor |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Gateway East, Singapore : , : Springer, , [2021] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (397 pages) |
| Disciplina | 305.26 |
| Collana | International perspectives on aging |
| Soggetto topico |
Aging - Social aspects
Older people - Government policy |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 981-16-5827-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Intro -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- About the Editor -- 1 Ageing Issues in India-Practices, Perspectives and Policies: Introductory Comments -- References -- 2 Challenges and Opportunities of Elderly Working After Retirement: Indian Scenario -- Introduction -- Defining Elderly -- Demography of Elderly Population -- Elderly and Retirement -- Opportunities of Work after Retirement -- Challenges Confronted by Elderly Working after Retirement -- Research Questions -- Methodology -- Population of the Study -- Sampling Unit -- Sampling Plan -- Findings and Discussion -- Conclusion -- References -- 3 Women, Work and Ageing -- Introduction -- Situation of Women in India and Its Impact on Work and Ageing -- Need for Social Protection Measures for the Elderly, Especially Women -- Ageing Policy and Law and Need for Public Care Services -- Conclusion and Way Forward -- References -- 4 Gender Differentials in Bio-cultural Aspects of Ageing in a Tribal Context: A Study Among the Tiwas of Morigaon District, Assam -- Introduction -- Conclusion -- References -- 5 Dementia Rehabilitation: The Challenges -- Introduction -- Challenges for Dementia Rehabilitation -- Lack of Services to Manage the Family and Caregiver Burden in Dementia -- Conclusions -- References -- 6 Demographics of Ageing in India: Socio-Economic Inequalities and Challenges on the Health Front -- Introduction -- Sub-National Pattern -- Demographics of Ageing -- Disability and Health -- Disability -- Health of the Older Population -- Living Arrangements and Economic Independence -- Conclusion and Implications -- Appendix -- References -- 7 Living with Age in Slums: A Systematic Review -- Introduction -- Methods -- Eligibility Criteria -- Information Source -- Search Strategy -- Selection Process -- Data Extraction -- Data Synthesis -- Results -- Rationale/Objectives -- Study Design.
Study Population -- Health Measures -- Data Analysis -- Description of the Study Findings -- Discussion -- Strength and Limitations -- Conclusion -- References -- 8 Marginalized and Alienated Elderly of Kashmir: Contesting Their 'space' in the Family and Society -- Introduction -- Share of Elderly in Total Population -- Issues of Elderly in Kashmir -- Method and Approach -- Results and Discussion -- Elderly in Family Setting -- Health (Care) of/for Elderly -- Conclusion -- References -- 9 Geriatric Practice: Its Status in India -- Introduction -- Response of Government -- National Policy on Older Persons -- The Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act 2007 -- National Programme for Health Care of the Elderly (NPHCE) -- Geriatrics in India -- Development of Geriatric Medicine -- Development of Geriatric Psychiatry -- Professional Bodies -- Indian Gerontological Association -- Association of Gerontology, India -- Geriatric Society of India -- Indian Academy of Geriatrics -- Indian Association for Geriatric Mental Health -- Alzheimer's and Related Disorders Society of India (ARDSI) -- Data Resources for Population Ageing -- Study on Global AGEing and Adult Health (SAGE) -- Longitudinal Ageing Study in India (LASI) -- Geriatric Research in India -- Geriatrics Education and Training -- Non-Governmental Organizations (NGO) -- HelpAge India -- Other NGOs -- Conclusion -- References -- 10 Three Models of Institutional Care in India and the Interpretation of the Needs of Older Persons -- Introduction -- Types of Charity-Based Institutions and Models of Care -- The Gurukul Model of Care -- Attempt-To-Be-An-Ideal-Old-Age-Home Model -- The Custodial Model of Care -- A Comparison Between the Gurukul Model and the Custodial Model of Care -- Being Treated Like 'Junk' -- A Symbiotic System of Care -- Architecture and Surveillance. The Government Home Resembles a 'Total Institution' -- Old Age Homes: Empowers, Stigmatizes or a Crisis of Narrative? -- The Interpretation of the Needs of Older Persons by Caregivers -- Conclusion -- References -- 11 Geriatric Sexual Health: The Challenges in the Indian Context -- Introduction -- Challenge 1-Normal Sexuality and Ageing -- Challenge 2-Ageism and Bias towards Sexuality in the Elderly -- Challenge 3-Changes in Sexual Physiology with Ageing -- Challenge 4-Medical Illness and Sexuality in Elderly -- Challenge 5-Psychosocial Barriers to the Expression of Sexuality in the Elderly -- Challenge 6-Sexual Dysfunction in Elderly is never Evaluated -- Challenge 7-Lack of Treatment Guidelines for Sexual Disorders in the Elderly -- Challenge 8-Sexual Issues in Ageing HIV Populations -- Challenge 9-Sexual Expression Old Age Homes -- Challenge 11-The Absence of Geriatric Sexual Health Clinics -- Challenge 12-The Ageing LGBTQ+ Population -- Challenge 13-Sexual Issues in Dementia -- Challenge 14-Training in Geriatric Sexuality -- Challenge 15-Lack of Geriatric Sexuality Research -- Challenge 16-Taboos and Stigma in Common Man about Geriatric Sexuality -- Conclusions -- References -- 12 Senior Citizens: Issues and Perspectives -- Policy and Programme Framework -- Revision of National Policy on Older Persons -- The Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act, 2007 -- Integrated Programme for Older Persons (IPOP) Renamed as Integrated Programme for Senior Citizens -- National Council of Older Persons/Senior Citizens -- National Awards for Senior Citizens -- Senior Citizens Welfare Fund -- Rashtriya Vayoshri Yojana (RVY) -- Global Initiatives and India's Response -- Madrid International Plan of Action on Ageing (MIPAA) -- Senior Citizens and Development -- Advancing Health and Well-Being into Old Age. Ensuring Enabling and Supportive Environment -- MIPAA and Sustainable Development Goals -- Perspectives -- National Action Plan for Senior Citizens (NAPSrC) -- Atal Vayo Abhyuday Yojana (AVYAY) -- References -- 13 Health Concerns of Women in Later Years: A Review of Research, Policy and Programmes in India -- Introduction -- Menopause and Health Concerns of Older Women -- Research on Health Concerns of Older Women -- Status of Research on Older Women in Urban Areas -- Status of Research on Older Women in Rural Areas -- Gender Disparities on Health Expenditure -- Health Policies and Programmes for Elderly Women -- Concerns of Older Women in India -- Conclusion -- References -- 14 Legal Measures to Safeguard and Protect the Rights of Elderly -- Introduction -- Current Demographic and Social Situation -- Loss of Spouse -- Compulsion to Work -- Poor Health Status -- Disability and Old Age -- International Framework for the Rights of Senior Citizens -- Rights of Senior Citizens Under the International Bill of Rights -- The Rights of Senior Citizens Under the Core UN Human Rights Treaties -- Soft Law Protection to the Rights of Older Persons -- National Legal Framework for the Rights of Senior Citizens -- Right of Maintenance Under Personal Laws -- The Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act, 2007 -- The Maintenance of Senior Citizens (Amendment) Bill, 2017 -- Conclusion and Recommendations -- 15 Elderly Rights and Problems in India: Analysis Through SMART PRACTICE Perspective -- Introduction -- India's Elderly: Levels and Trends -- Legal Rights and Protections of Elderly -- Constitutional Protection for Elderly -- Hindu Laws -- Muslim Law -- Christian and Parsi Law -- The Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Bill, 2007 -- Leading Problems/issues of the Elderly -- Social -- Socio-psychological and Emotional -- Economic. Health -- Crime and Abuse Against Elderly -- International Efforts -- Welfare Services for Elderly Persons and Indian Efforts -- How SMART PRACTICE Model Will Work? -- Other Principles of Working with Elderly -- Support Provided by the Social Scientists Especially by Social Workers to the Elderly -- Concluding Remarks -- References -- 16 Skilling Medical Professionals for Management of Geriatric Patients-A Novel Approach -- How is the Older Population Different? -- Load of Problem -- Availability of Trained Manpower -- Competency of Doctors -- Recommendations for Capacity Building -- Whom Do We Train? -- Models for Training -- The IGNOU Model -- The IGNOU Experiment-A Success Story -- The Way Forward -- References -- 17 Geriatric Mental Health Issues from India -- Introduction -- Methodology -- Risk Factors for Mental Illness in Elderly -- Clinical Presentations of Mental Health Problems Faced by Elderly -- Clinical Diagnosis of Mental Disorders in Elderly -- Management -- Sleep Hygiene -- Activities of Daily Living Carried Out in Routine Manner -- Secondary intervention -- Conclusion -- References -- 18 Elder Abuse in Urban India -- Evidence from Study -- Introduction -- Objectives and Data Sources -- References -- 19 Challenges and Opportunities in Social Care of Elderly in Urban India -- Introduction -- Review of Literature -- Materials and Methods -- Objectives of the Study -- Universe and Sample -- Results -- Discussion -- Conclusion and Future Direction -- References -- 20 Life at Sunset Years: Health and Healthcare Need Among Indian Elderly -- Introduction -- Population Ageing: The Global Scenario -- Ageing Issues in the Indian Context -- Most Prevalent Health Issues Confronted by Elderlies in India -- Challenges in Addressing Health Care Need Among Elderly in India -- Living Arrangements and Intergenerational Relations. Issues of Availability, Accessibility and Affordability of Health Care Services. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910512309703321 |
| Gateway East, Singapore : , : Springer, , [2021] | ||
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Consuming modernity [[electronic resource] ] : public culture in a South Asian world / / Carol A. Breckenridge, editor
| Consuming modernity [[electronic resource] ] : public culture in a South Asian world / / Carol A. Breckenridge, editor |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Minneapolis, : University of Minnesota Press, 1995 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (272 p.) |
| Disciplina | 306/.0954 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | BreckenridgeCarol Appadurai <1942-2009.> |
| Soggetto topico | Popular culture - India |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 0-8166-8532-0 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Contents; Preface; One. Public Modernity in India; Part I. The Historical Past; Two. Playing with Modernity: The Decolonization of Indian Cricket; Three. Upon the Subdominant: Administering Music on All-India Radio; Four. The Indian Princes as Fantasy: Palace Hotels, Palace Museums, and Palace on Wheels; Five. Dining Out in Bombay; Part II. The Historical Present; Six. Consuming Utopia: Film Watching in Tamil Nadu; Seven. Melodrama and the Negotiation of Morality in Mainstream Hindi Film; Eight. Repositioning the Body, Practice, Power, and Self in an Indian Martial Art
Nine. Nation, Economy, and Tradition Displayed: The Indian Crafts Museum, New DelhiContributors; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910457656903321 |
| Minneapolis, : University of Minnesota Press, 1995 | ||
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Consuming modernity [[electronic resource] ] : public culture in a South Asian world / / Carol A. Breckenridge, editor
| Consuming modernity [[electronic resource] ] : public culture in a South Asian world / / Carol A. Breckenridge, editor |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Minneapolis, : University of Minnesota Press, 1995 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (272 p.) |
| Disciplina | 306/.0954 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | BreckenridgeCarol Appadurai <1942-2009.> |
| Soggetto topico | Popular culture - India |
| ISBN | 0-8166-8532-0 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Contents; Preface; One. Public Modernity in India; Part I. The Historical Past; Two. Playing with Modernity: The Decolonization of Indian Cricket; Three. Upon the Subdominant: Administering Music on All-India Radio; Four. The Indian Princes as Fantasy: Palace Hotels, Palace Museums, and Palace on Wheels; Five. Dining Out in Bombay; Part II. The Historical Present; Six. Consuming Utopia: Film Watching in Tamil Nadu; Seven. Melodrama and the Negotiation of Morality in Mainstream Hindi Film; Eight. Repositioning the Body, Practice, Power, and Self in an Indian Martial Art
Nine. Nation, Economy, and Tradition Displayed: The Indian Crafts Museum, New DelhiContributors; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910784381403321 |
| Minneapolis, : University of Minnesota Press, 1995 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Heritage and ruptures in Indian literature, culture and cinema / / edited by Cornelius Crowley, Geetha Ganapathy-Dore and Michel Naumann
| Heritage and ruptures in Indian literature, culture and cinema / / edited by Cornelius Crowley, Geetha Ganapathy-Dore and Michel Naumann |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Newcastle upon Tyne, England : , : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, , 2017 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (292 pages) : illustrations, tables |
| Disciplina | 954 |
| Soggetto topico | Literature and society - India |
| ISBN | 1-4438-7854-5 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910792739303321 |
| Newcastle upon Tyne, England : , : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, , 2017 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Heritage and ruptures in Indian literature, culture and cinema / / edited by Cornelius Crowley, Geetha Ganapathy-Dore and Michel Naumann
| Heritage and ruptures in Indian literature, culture and cinema / / edited by Cornelius Crowley, Geetha Ganapathy-Dore and Michel Naumann |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Newcastle upon Tyne, England : , : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, , 2017 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (292 pages) : illustrations, tables |
| Disciplina | 954 |
| Soggetto topico | Literature and society - India |
| ISBN | 1-4438-7854-5 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910824109503321 |
| Newcastle upon Tyne, England : , : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, , 2017 | ||
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Holy ground: where art and text meet : studies in the cultural history of India / / Hans T. Bakker
| Holy ground: where art and text meet : studies in the cultural history of India / / Hans T. Bakker |
| Autore | Bakker Hans <1948-> |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Brill, 2019 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource |
| Collana | Gonda Indological Studies |
| Soggetto topico | Hinduism |
| Soggetto non controllato | Hinduism |
| ISBN | 90-04-41207-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Intro -- Holy Ground: Where Art and Text Meet: Studies in the Cultural History of India -- Copyright -- Table of Contents -- Part I Early Studies 1986-2000 -- 1 An Indian Image of Man: An Inquiry into a change of perspective in the Hindu world-view -- Introduction -- The Indian understanding of perfect man -- The 'Raw Material' -- The Sufis -- The Yogis -- The Sants -- The Bhaktas -- Epilogue -- 2 Die Indische Herausforderung: Hegels Beitrag zu einer europäischen kulturhistorischen Diskussion -- Einleitung -- Die Jahre 1820-1825 -- Neue Einsichten -- Die Jahre 1826-1831 -- Die Rezeption der Bhagavadgītā -- Von Humboldts Bhagavadgītā Vorträge und Hegels Kritik -- Schlussbetrachtung -- Schlussmoral -- 3 Ayodhyā: le nom et le lieu -- Ayodhyā conçue : le nom -- Ayodhyā retrouvée : le lieu -- Illiers-Combray -- 4 Ayodhyā: A Hindu Jerusalem: An investigation of 'Holy War' as a religious idea in the light of communal unrest in India -- Introduction -- Holy war as a religious idea -- Five conditions of 'holy war' -- The Hindu religion and the social reality of war -- The advent of Islam -- The segregation of the Hindu and Muslim communities -- The idea of the Rāma rājya -- The Kingdom of Avadh -- The emerging conflict around the Babri Masjid in Ayodhyā -- Ayodhyā: a Hindu Jerusalem -- The fight for the Rāmajanmabhūmi/Babri Masjid -- Epilogue -- 5 The Ramtek Inscriptions I -- Introduction -- The graffiti -- The two short Kevala-Narasiṃha Temple inscriptions -- Kevala-Narasiṃha Temple Ramtek Inscription No. 1 -- Kevala-Narasiṃha Temple Ramtek Inscription No. 2 -- The Ramtek Stone Inscription of the time of Rāmacandra -- Synopsis of the contents -- Editorial principles -- Edition -- Translation -- 6 The Ramtek Inscriptions II: The Vākāṭaka inscription in the Kevala-Narasiṃha Temple (Together with Harunaga Isaacson) -- Introduction -- Palaeography.
Note on the edition and translation -- Text -- Divergent readings of Jamkhedkar's edition -- Translation -- Annotation -- Analysis and interpretation -- Vākāṭaka Gupta relations -- 7 Throne and Temple: Political power and religious prestige in Vidarbha -- Introduction -- The Vākāṭaka period -- The Vākāṭaka inscriptions -- Policy of the Vākāṭaka kings -- The Yādava period -- Ramtek Hill: Theatre of Plenipotentiaries -- 8 Little Kṛṣṇa's Play with the Moon -- The literary evidence -- Baby Kṛṣṇa's play with the moon -- The archaeological evidence -- Conclusion -- 9 Some Methodological Considerations with Respect to the Critical Edition of Puranic Literature -- Introduction -- The theory of 'oral composition' -- Composition-in-transmission -- The critical edition of epic and puranic literature -- The critical edition of the Ayodhyāmāhātmya -- 10 Pārvatī's Svayaṃvara: Studies in the Skandapurāṇa I -- Introduction -- The wedding of Śiva and Parvatī -- Śiva's exclusion from the sacrifice -- Śiva as the cosmic child -- Pārvatī's Svayaṃvara -- The synoptic edition of the Svayaṃvara myth -- Conclusion -- Pārvatī's Svayaṃvara: A Textual Reconstruction -- 11 Mokṣadharma 187 and 239-241 Reconsidered (Together with Peter Bisschop) -- Preamble -- Three themes -- The five elements -- The intellectual apparatus -- Sattva and kṣetrajña -- The 'evolution theory' -- The Mokṣadharma: a plurality of views -- Appendix: Some parallels of Mokṣadharma 187 and 239-241 -- 12 Observations on the History and Culture of Dakṣiṇa Kosala (5th to 7th centuries ad) -- Introduction -- The Pāṇḍavas of Mekalā -- The family descending from Amara in Kosala -- The rulers of Śarabhapur -- The Pāṇḍuvaṃśa of Śrīpura -- The date of the Pāṇḍuvaṃśa dynasty of Śrīpura -- Tīvaradeva -- Mahāśivagupta Bālārjuna -- Tālā -- The Jiṭhānī Temple. 13 Somaśarman, Somavaṃśa and Somasiddhānta A Pāśupata tradition in seventh-century Dakṣiṇa Kosala: Studies in the Skandapurāṇa III -- Harāya Namaḥ -- Śaiva cosmology -- The Pāśupata movement -- The epigraphical evidence from Malhar -- Malhar (Junvānī) Copperplates of Mahāśivagupta, Year 57: ll. 8-23 -- Translation -- Interpretation -- Somaśarman and the Somasiddhānta -- The evidence of the Skandapurāṇa -- Somaśarman, Somavaṃśa and Somasiddhānta -- Part II: Studies in the Early History and Culture of North India -- 14 A Theatre of Broken Dreams: Vidiśā in the days of Gupta hegemony -- Prologue -- Act 1: Rāmagupta -- The story of the Devīcandragupta -- Candragupta's matrimonial policy and the triangle of power -- Act 2 Govindagupta -- The testimony of Prabhākara -- Act 3 Ghaṭotkacagupta -- Kālidāsa's Mālavikāgnimitra -- The Vākāṭaka-Gupta conflict -- Finale -- Epilogue -- 15 Royal Patronage and Religious Tolerance: The formative period of Gupta-Vākāṭaka culture -- Udayagiri -- Royal patronage -- Mandhal -- Padmapura -- Muṇḍasvāmin -- Rāmagiri -- Mansar -- Conclusion -- 16 Rāma's Hill: Transgression and atonement on a Hill in the South and the inadequacy of substitutes -- Preamble -- The Śaivala Mountain of the Rāmāyaṇa -- The Rāmagiri -- The epigraphical evidence -- Viṣṇupada -- Narasiṃha -- The Pilgrim's Satchel -- Conclusion -- 17 A New Interpretation of Rāmagiri Evidence -- 1 Trivikrama: Word and Statue -- Preamble -- Maṅgalavāda: Kevala Narasim. ha Temple (KNT) Inscription verse 1 -- The KNT Inscription verse 21 -- The discovery of the KNT Inscription -- 2 The Gupta-Vākāṭaka Relationship -- Preamble -- The Praśasti. KNT Inscription verses 2-19 -- Conjectured narrative structure of the KNT Inscription -- The Daughter named Muṇḍa -- The Gupta-Vākāṭaka relationship -- The narration of the KNT Inscription -- 3 The Trivikrama Temple -- Preamble. The Trivikrama Temple -- The iconography of the Trivikrama image -- The pious works of Atibhāvatī -- Conclusion -- 18 A Note on Skandagupta's Bhitarī Stone Pillar: Inscription, verses 8-12 Commemorating the dead -- Ajay Mitra Shastri -- Skandagupta's Bhitarī Inscription vv. 8-12 -- Concluding remarks on the inscription and the site of Bhitarī -- Appendix -- Skandagupta's Bhitarī Stone Pillar Inscription vv. 8-12 -- 19 The So-called: 'Jaunpur Stone Inscription of Īśvaravarman' -- Preamble -- Introduction -- The Jaunpur Stone Inscription -- Text -- Translation and annotation -- Conclusion -- 20 The Temple of Maṇḍaleśvarasvāmin: The Muṇḍeśvarī Inscription of the time of Udayasena reconsidered -- Introduction -- The temple on Muṇḍeśvarī Hill -- The date of the Muṇḍeśvarī Inscription -- The Muṇḍeśvarī Inscription, Year 30 -- Transliteration -- Emended, orthographic edition -- Translation -- Interpretation -- Maṇḍaleśvara and the Skandapurāṇa -- 21 Monuments to the Dead in Ancient North India -- Preamble -- The funerary monument in Sanskrit literature -- The aiḍūka of the Viṣṇudharmottarapurāṇa -- The eḍūka -- The archaeology of the funerary monument -- Memorials -- Pratimāgṛhas -- Memorial Stones -- Aiḍūkas -- Ahichhatra -- Mansar -- Funerary monuments with mortuary deposits -- Sui Vihar -- The archaeology of the śmaśanā -- The Kumhāra Ṫekḍī in Ujjain -- The eḍūka at Mansar -- A funerary monument to Prabhāvatī Gupta? -- Conclusion -- Appendix -- Aiḍūkarūpanirmāṇa Viṣṇudharmottara 3.84.1-15 (emended) -- 22 Puruṣamedha, Manasarapuruṣa, Vāstupuruṣa: The image of man in the sacrificial context -- The image of man -- Human sacrifice in India -- Installation of the house or Vāstupratiṣṭha -- Excursus upon the construction of the gnicayana altar -- Preliminary conclusion -- Archaeological evidence for the construction sacrifice -- Kauśāmbī -- Mansar. The Vāstupuruṣa -- Kandhar -- Curdi -- Final remark -- 23 Rama Devotion in a Śaiva Holy Place: The case of Vārāṇasī -- Introduction -- Tulsīdās, Śiva, and the Name -- The Agastyasaṃhitā -- The Tradition of the saving mantra -- The Kāśīkhaṇḍa -- The Skandapurāṇa -- Textual criticism -- The saving mantra in the Skandapurāṇa -- Avimukta -- Conclusion -- 24 The Hindu Religion and War -- Preamble -- Aśoka and ancient warfare in India -- The Arthaśāstra -- The principle of ahiṃsā and the rules of war -- Ahiṃsā -- The Bhagavadgītā -- The rules of war -- The reports of Megasthenes and Ibn Baṭṭūṭa -- The idea of a 'just war' -- The battle and the sacrifice -- Hinduism and Islam -- The conquest of northern India -- The case of Vārāṇasī -- Epilogue -- Part III: Studies in Early Saivism -- 25 Sources for Reconstructing Ancient Forms of Śiva Worship -- Śiva Caturmukha -- The myth of Tilottamā -- Images of Śiva in his quadruple form -- Epigraphic sources attesting the worship of Śiva -- Early Sanskrit sources of liṅga worship -- The Pāśupatasūtra and its commentary -- The Mahābhārata -- The Rāmāyaṇa -- Concluding observations -- The evidence of the Skandapurāṇa -- Conclusions -- Textual sources -- 26 At the Right Side of the Teacher: Imagination, imagery, and image in Vedic and Śaiva initiation -- Introduction -- The sitting position of teacher and pupil in the Vedic Upanayana ritual -- The Śatapathabrāhmaṇa -- The Gṛhyasūtras -- The sitting position of the preceptor and his audience -- The sitting position of guru and novice in arly Śaiva initiation ritual -- Initiation in the Pāśupata tradition -- The Dakṣiṇāmūrti -- The definition of god's figure of grace -- The Dakṣiṇāmūrti and iconography -- The development of a cult concept into an iconic image -- A Dakṣiṇāmūrti on a crossbar found in Nagarī -- Dakṣa's sacrifice and his instruction in the Pāśupata vrata. 27 Thanesar, the Pāśupata Order and the Skandapurāṇa: Studies in the Skandapurāṇa IX. |
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Images du corps dans le monde hindou / / Véronique Bouillier, Gilles Tarabout
| Images du corps dans le monde hindou / / Véronique Bouillier, Gilles Tarabout |
| Autore | Angot Michel |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Paris, : CNRS Éditions, 2016 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (509-[XVI] p.) |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
BhattacharyaFrance
BouillierVéronique ColasGérard DarmonRichard A GrévinGilles GrimaudEmmanuel JoshiSarasvati OsellaCaroline OsellaFilippo PadouxAndré RacineJosiane Saglio-YatzimirskyMarie-Caroline Sorrentino-HoldenLivia TaraboutGilles WhiteDavid G WujastykDominik ZimmermannFrancis |
| Soggetto topico |
Human body - Religious aspects - Hinduism
Human body - Social aspects - India Human body - Mythology - India Hinduism and culture - India Body image - India Rites and ceremonies - India |
| Soggetto non controllato |
philosophie
anthropologie civilisation hindoue corps sociologie |
| ISBN | 2-271-09108-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | fre |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910136898203321 |
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| Paris, : CNRS Éditions, 2016 | ||
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India [[electronic resource] ] : society & culture / / World Trade Press
| India [[electronic resource] ] : society & culture / / World Trade Press |
| Edizione | [2nd ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Petaluma, Calif., : World Trade Press, c1993-2010 [2010] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (7 p.) |
| Disciplina | 301.2 |
| Soggetto topico | Women - India |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 1-60780-363-1 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910458103203321 |
| Petaluma, Calif., : World Trade Press, c1993-2010 [2010] | ||
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India [[electronic resource] ] : society & culture / / World Trade Press
| India [[electronic resource] ] : society & culture / / World Trade Press |
| Edizione | [2nd ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Petaluma, Calif., : World Trade Press, c1993-2010 [2010] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (7 p.) |
| Disciplina | 301.2 |
| Soggetto topico | Women - India |
| ISBN | 1-60780-363-1 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910791392503321 |
| Petaluma, Calif., : World Trade Press, c1993-2010 [2010] | ||
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Journeys to the edge [[electronic resource] ] : in the footsteps of an anthropologist / / Peter M. Gardner
| Journeys to the edge [[electronic resource] ] : in the footsteps of an anthropologist / / Peter M. Gardner |
| Autore | Gardner Peter M |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Columbia, : University of Missouri Press, c2006 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (240 p.) |
| Disciplina |
305.80092
B |
| Soggetto topico |
Ethnologists - United States
Paliyan (Indic people) - Social life and customs Chipewyan Indians - Canada, Northern - Social life and customs Ethnology - India - Fieldwork Ethnology - Canada - Fieldwork |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 0-8262-6522-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Come with me -- With hunter-gatherers in the South Indian jungle -- Lured back to India -- Braving Canada's North -- Quick Asian postscripts -- Treading old paths and new. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910452220603321 |
|
Gardner Peter M
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| Columbia, : University of Missouri Press, c2006 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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