Baltutis The Festival of Indra

Innovation, Archaism, and Revival in a South Asian Performance
1. Auflage 2023
ISBN: 978-1-4384-9334-3
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 284 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm

Reihe: SUNY series in Hindu Studies

Details the textual and performative history of the South Asian festival of Indra and its role in the development of classical Hinduism.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Baltutis, Michael

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Introduction: The Archetypal Indra Festival

1. The Early Medieval Indra Festival

2. The Journey from the Forest

3. Preparing, Entering, and Establishing the City

4. Nepali Chronicles and the Living Goddess Kumari

5. The Construction of the Indra Festival in Nineteenth-Century Kathmandu

6. Sacrificing (to) Bhairav: The Resurrection of a Local Himalayan King

7. Tantra, the Mahabharata, and the Iconography of Indra

Conclusion: Violence, Politics, Danger, and Ritual Change
Notes
Works Cited
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Michael Baltutis is Professor of Religious Studies at the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh.