Religion, devotion and medicine in North India: the healing power of Śītalā
"This volume examines notions of health and illness in North Indian devotional culture, with particular attention paid to the worship of the goddess Sitala, the Cold Lady. Consistently portrayed in colonial and postcolonial literature as the ambiguous 'smallpox goddess', Sitala is her...
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Format: | Print Book |
Language: | English |
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Published: |
London [u.a.]
Bloomsbury Academic
2015
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In: | Year: 2015 |
Edition: | 1. publ. |
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Śītalā, Goddess
/ Hinduism
/ Folk religion
/ Cult
/ Ritual
B Smallpox / AIDS / India (Nord) |
Further subjects: | B
Hinduism (India, North)
Rituals
B Śītalā (Hindu deity) Cult (India, North) |
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