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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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Routledge
2022
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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
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| 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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