The Keys of Power: A Study of Indian Ritual and Belief - Brossura

Abbott, J.

Brossura

ISBN 10: 1032005688 ISBN 13: 9781032005683

Casa editrice: Routledge, 2023

Riassunto

This book, first published in 1932, demonstrates how the control of certain ‘-isms’ has for long moulded the interpretation of Indian belief and ritual by Western writers particularly. In every chapter there is some new coordination, often iconoclastic of then-accepted theory, whilst the new wealth of customs carefully recorded is astonishing. Long disputed problems such as that of the Maratha ‘devak’, or that of the ceremonial sowing of seedlings known to Western scholars as the ‘gardens of Adonis’, have at last been settled through careful research.

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J. Abbott

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Routledge
• Data di pubblicazione: 2023
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 1032005688
• ISBN 13: 9781032005683
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 574
• Contatto del produttore: Taylor and Francis, GPSR Taylor and Francis; gpsr@taylorandfrancis.com; ; Taylor & Francis Verlag GmbH, Kaufingerstraße 24; München; 80331; Germania