Women, Religion and the Body in South Asia: Living with Bengali Bauls

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of figures -- Acknowledgements -- Glossary -- Key characters -- Preface -- Introduction -- A historical perspective -- Coming to know a family of Vaishnavas and Bauls -- Chapter outline -- Style of writing -- Notes -- 1...

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Main Author: Hanssen, Kristin (Author)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
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Published: Milton Routledge 2018
In:Year: 2018
Series/Journal:Routledge South Asian Religion Ser
Further subjects:B Human body-Religious aspects-Hinduism
B Bauls-India-Bengal
B Women in Hinduism-India-Bengal
Online Access: Volltext (lizenzpflichtig)
Parallel Edition:Erscheint auch als: Hanssen, Kristin: Women, Religion and the Body in South Asia : Living with Bengali Bauls. - Milton : Routledge,c2018. - 9781138561892

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520 |a The festival called Shaktighar in Kolkata -- The festival called Jay Deb -- Singing in villages -- Money and food: dakshina and seva -- Lack of patrons -- Concluding remarks -- Notes -- 6. Death in the family -- The mouth fire ceremony -- The Jat Vaishnava burial -- Honey in the mouth of the dead -- Salting the body of the dead -- Are Jat Vaishnava ignorant? -- Jat Vaishnava self-control -- The demise of Hira's grandfather: a layman's death -- Village border ceremonies (ghather shraddha) -- Fasting for the dead -- Pinda offerings to the deceased -- House ceremonies (gharer shraddha) -- Keeping apart -- Concluding remarks -- Notes -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index 
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