Readers of the ‘Lost’ Purana: mythopolitics and Suthar caste identity in Gujarat

The Hindu texts known as caste puranas (jāti purāṇas) provide the mythopolitical foundation for many of India’s castes. These puranas may be said to ‘gather’ a community audience, and such castes themselves may be thought of as object-oriented gatherings whose affective, ideological, and custodial a...

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Authors: George, Kenneth M. 1950- (Author) ; Narayan, Kirin 1959- (Author)
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Language:English
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Published: Routledge 2022
In: Religion
Year: 2022, Volume: 52, Issue: 4, Pages: 576-594
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Gujarat / Purāṇa / Text history / Sacred object / Caste / Wiswakarma / Mythology / Politics
RelBib Classification:AD Sociology of religion; religious policy
AG Religious life; material religion
BK Hinduism, Jainism, Sikhism
KBM Asia
Further subjects:B Puranas
B Material Religion
B mythopolitics
B Gujarat
B Vishwakarma
B caste mobilization
B Artisans
B textuality
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