The Cult of Draupadi, Volume 2: On Hindu Ritual and the GoddessUniversity of Chicago Press, 1988 - 556 sider This is the first volume of a projected three-volume work on the little-known South Indian folk cult of the goddess Draupadi and on the classical epic, the Mahabharata, that the cult brings to life in mythic, ritual, and dramatic forms. Draupadi, the chief heroine of the Sanskrit Mahabharata, takes on many unexpected guises in her Tamil cult, but her dimensions as a folk goddess remain rooted in a rich interpretive vision of the great epic. By examining the ways that the cult of Draupadi commingles traditions about the goddess and the epic, Alf Hiltebeitel shows the cult to be singularly representative of the inner tensions and working dynamics of popular devotional Hinduism. |
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I Introduction | 1 |
2 Draupaudi Temples and Their Ritual Officiants | 9 |
3 The Ritual Cycle and The Temple Icons | 35 |
4 Offering Sprouts | 53 |
5 Flag Hoisting and Type of Kappu | 79 |
6 Posts Altars and Demon Devotees | 117 |
7 Rituals of Battle | 166 |
Arjunas Artifacts | 208 |
12 Thighs and Hair | 381 |
13 Effigies and Forts | 399 |
14 Timiti the Firewalk | 439 |
15 Closures | 476 |
Appendix Sri Tiraupatatevi Manmiyam The Glorification of Draupaudi | 483 |
Abbreviations | 491 |
Bibliography | 493 |
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9 Aravan s Battlefield Sacrifice to Kill | 283 |
10 Patukalam Sequence | 320 |
11 Death and Revival | 339 |
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The Cult of Draupadi, Volume 2: On Hindu Ritual and the Goddess Alf Hiltebeitel Ingen forhåndsvisning tilgjengelig - 1988 |
The Cult of Draupadi, Volume 2: On Hindu Ritual and the Goddess Alf Hiltebeitel Ingen forhåndsvisning tilgjengelig - 1991 |
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