Shakti : Power in the Conceptual Structure of Karimpur Religion
by Wadley, Susan Snow
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Several pinholes ot the last 23 pages. Just Good., dustwrapper. Textual maps & photo illus. Anthropology of Religion Munshiram Manoharlal Delhi (1985) Reprint. orig.cloth 22x14cm., x,222 pp., In a torn dustwrapper. Contents: The Village Setting; The Nature of a Hindu Pantheon; Mythological Justification for Ritual Activity: A Structural Analysis of Katha; Divine Powers; The Classes of Karimpur Powerful Beings; Power Relationships among Karimpur Deities; Some Aspects of Ritual Activity in Karimpur; Power in Hindu Society; Appendices: Transcriptions of Songs in Hindi; Dank: A Ritual of Snake Possession; The Karimpur Calendar.
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- Title
- Shakti : Power in the Conceptual Structure of Karimpur Religion
- Author
- Wadley, Susan Snow
- Book Condition
- Used - Several pinholes ot the last 23 pages. Just Good., dustwrapper.
- Edition
- Reprint.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Munshiram Manoharlal
- Date Published
- (1985)
- Keywords
- Karimpur India South Asia Hindu Hinduism Sakti Shakti Saktism Ritual Rituals Jajmani Sociology Ethnology
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- Reprint
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