When the Goddess was a woman : Mahābhārata ethnographies ; essays. Vol. 2 /
Hiltebeitel, Alf.
When the Goddess was a woman : Mahābhārata ethnographies ; essays. Vol. 2 / Mahābhārata ethnographies by Alf Hiltebeitel ; edited by Vishwa Adluri and Joydeep Bagchee. - Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2010. - 1 online resource (xlvii, 624 pages) - Mahābhārata ethnographies Numen book series ; v. 132 . - Studies in the history of religions ; 132. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 583-and indexes.
Draupadi's Hair -- Draupadi's Garments -- Siva, the Goddess, and the Disguises of the Pandavas and Draupadi -- Purity and Auspiciousness in the Sanskrit Epics -- Folklore of Draupadi: Saris and Hair -- Orders of Diffusion in Indian Folk Religion -- Draupadi Cult Lilas -- Colonialist Lenses on the South Indian Draupadi Cult -- Review of Landscapes of Urban Memory -- Draupadi's Question -- Dying Before the Mahabharata War: Martial and Transsexual Body-Building for Aravan -- Hair Like Snakes and Mustached Brides: Crossed Gender in an Indian Folk Cult -- Kuttantavar: The Divine Lives of a Severed Head -- Kattantavar's Cross: Making That Young Bride, Whoever She Is, a Widow -- Indus Valley "Proto-Siva': Reexamined through Reflections on the Goddess, the Buffalo, and the Symbolism of Vahanas -- Fathers of the Bride, Fathers of Safi: Myths, Rites, and Scholarly Practices -- Two Ways to Tell a Story: Alha in the Bhavisya Purdna -- Boar and Twins: Comparing the Tulu Koti-Cennaya Pciddana and the Tamil Elder Brothers Story -- On the Handling of the Meat and Related Matters: Two South Indian Buffalo Sacrifices -- Transmitting Mahabhäratas: Another Look at Peter Brook. Machine generated contents note: ch. One ch. Two ch. Three ch. Four ch. Five ch. Six ch. Seven ch. Eight ch. Nine ch. Ten ch. Eleven ch. Twelve ch. Thirteen ch. Fourteen ch. Fifteen ch. Sixteen ch. Seventeen ch. Eighteen ch. Nineteen ch. Twenty
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9786613161086
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Mahābhārata--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Mahābhārata--Critique, interprétation, etc.
Mahābhārata.
RELIGION--Hinduism--Sacred Writings.
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
BL1138.26 / .H46 2010eb
294.5/923046
When the Goddess was a woman : Mahābhārata ethnographies ; essays. Vol. 2 / Mahābhārata ethnographies by Alf Hiltebeitel ; edited by Vishwa Adluri and Joydeep Bagchee. - Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2010. - 1 online resource (xlvii, 624 pages) - Mahābhārata ethnographies Numen book series ; v. 132 . - Studies in the history of religions ; 132. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 583-and indexes.
Draupadi's Hair -- Draupadi's Garments -- Siva, the Goddess, and the Disguises of the Pandavas and Draupadi -- Purity and Auspiciousness in the Sanskrit Epics -- Folklore of Draupadi: Saris and Hair -- Orders of Diffusion in Indian Folk Religion -- Draupadi Cult Lilas -- Colonialist Lenses on the South Indian Draupadi Cult -- Review of Landscapes of Urban Memory -- Draupadi's Question -- Dying Before the Mahabharata War: Martial and Transsexual Body-Building for Aravan -- Hair Like Snakes and Mustached Brides: Crossed Gender in an Indian Folk Cult -- Kuttantavar: The Divine Lives of a Severed Head -- Kattantavar's Cross: Making That Young Bride, Whoever She Is, a Widow -- Indus Valley "Proto-Siva': Reexamined through Reflections on the Goddess, the Buffalo, and the Symbolism of Vahanas -- Fathers of the Bride, Fathers of Safi: Myths, Rites, and Scholarly Practices -- Two Ways to Tell a Story: Alha in the Bhavisya Purdna -- Boar and Twins: Comparing the Tulu Koti-Cennaya Pciddana and the Tamil Elder Brothers Story -- On the Handling of the Meat and Related Matters: Two South Indian Buffalo Sacrifices -- Transmitting Mahabhäratas: Another Look at Peter Brook. Machine generated contents note: ch. One ch. Two ch. Three ch. Four ch. Five ch. Six ch. Seven ch. Eight ch. Nine ch. Ten ch. Eleven ch. Twelve ch. Thirteen ch. Fourteen ch. Fifteen ch. Sixteen ch. Seventeen ch. Eighteen ch. Nineteen ch. Twenty
9789004193802 (electronic bk.) 9004193804 (electronic bk.) 9789004216228 (electronic bk.) 9004216227 (electronic bk.)
9786613161086
316108 MIL
Mahābhārata--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Mahābhārata--Critique, interprétation, etc.
Mahābhārata.
RELIGION--Hinduism--Sacred Writings.
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
BL1138.26 / .H46 2010eb
294.5/923046