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The Festival of Indra

Innovation, Archaism, and Revival in a South Asian Performance

By: Michael Baltutis

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The Festival of Indra

Innovation, Archaism, and Revival in a South Asian Performance

By: Michael Baltutis

The Festival of Indra details the textual and performative history of an important South Asian festival and its role in the development of classical Hinduism. Drawing on various genres of Sanskrit textual sources—especially the epic Mahābhārata—the book highlights the innovative ways that this annual public festival has supported the stable royal power responsible for the sponsorship of these texts. More than just a textual project, however, the book devotes significant ethnographic attention to the only contemporary performance of this festival that adheres to the classical Sanskrit record: the Indrajatra of Kathmandu, Nepal. Here, Indra's tall pole remains the festival's focal point, though its addition of the royal blessing by Kumari, the "living goddess" of Nepal, and the regular presence of the fierce god Bhairav show several significant ways that ritual agents have re-constructed this festival over the past two thousand years.

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1438493347

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What is Hinduism?

A Student's Introduction

By: Michael Baltutis

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What is Hinduism?

A Student's Introduction

By: Michael Baltutis

This book is an engaging introduction to the complex religious tradition of Hinduism. Central to its focus is demonstrating the fundamental diversity within Hinduism through the multiplicity of its core beliefs and traditions. Chapters are divided into four historical categories – Vedic, Ascetic, Classical, and Contemporary Hinduism – with each examining one deity alongside one key term, serving as a twin focal point for a more complex discussion of related key texts, ideas, social structures, religious practices, festivals, and concepts such as ritual and sacrifice, music and devotion, and engagement and renunciation. The organization of this book requires that we see deities as not simply divine individuals who preside over one part of the Hindu world, but that each deity operates as a larger cultural category whose related persons, concepts, and practices provide a vivid lens through which Hindu devotees see and continue to readapt to the world in which they live. With study questions, glossaries, and lists of key contemporary figures, this book is an essential and comprehensive resource for students encountering the multiplicity of Hinduism for the first time.

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Taylor & Francis

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1040025927

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Gale Researcher Guide for: Hinduism: Beliefs, Practices, and Cultural Impact

By: Michael Baltutis

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Gale Researcher Guide for: Hinduism: Beliefs, Practices, and Cultural Impact

By: Michael Baltutis

Gale Researcher Guide for: Hinduism: Beliefs, Practices, and Cultural Impact is selected from Gale's academic platform Gale Researcher. These study guides provide peer-reviewed articles that allow students early success in finding scholarly materials and to gain the confidence and vocabulary needed to pursue deeper research.

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Gale, Cengage Learning

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The Festival of Indra

Innovation, Archaism, and Revival in a South Asian Performance

By: Michael Baltutis

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Innovation, Archaism, and Revival in a South Asian Performance

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The Festival of Indra

The Festival of Indra

What is Hinduism?

What is Hinduism?

Gale Researcher Guide for: Hinduism: Beliefs, Practices, and Cultural Impact

Gale Researcher Guide for: Hinduism: Beliefs, Practices, and Cultural Impact

The Festival of Indra

The Festival of Indra

Gale Researcher Guide for: Hinduism: Beliefs, Practices, and Cultural Impact

Gale Researcher Guide for: Hinduism: Beliefs, Practices, and Cultural Impact

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