Yajña without Dharma?: Ritual and Morality in the All World Gayatri Pariwar
The All World Gayatri Pariwar is a modern Hindu movement working to revive yajña and Gayatri recitation. The movement constructs these practices as universal moral technologies rooted in scientific authority rather than as dharmic in the sense of caste or gender specific moral obligations rooted in...
| Published in: | Nidān |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Univ.
2016
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Nidān
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| Further subjects: | B
Modernity
B Gayatri Pariwar B Hinduism B Yoga B Ritual Practice B Performance |
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| Summary: | The All World Gayatri Pariwar is a modern Hindu movement working to revive yajña and Gayatri recitation. The movement constructs these practices as universal moral technologies rooted in scientific authority rather than as dharmic in the sense of caste or gender specific moral obligations rooted in textual authority. In this article, I utilize evidence gathered through ethnographic research and a review of the movement's literature to explore the ways in which the Gayatri Pariwar shifts Vedic-style ritual away from conventional notions of dharma. |
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| ISSN: | 2414-8636 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Nidān
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.58125/nidan.2016.2 |