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South Asian Goddesses and the Natural Environment

TaschenbuchKartoniert, Paperback
Englisch
Archaeopresserschienen am08.02.2024
This multidisciplinary collection presents 11 essays ranging from the pre-Vedic to the modern era and incorporating research on Hindu, Buddhist and tribal cultures. Authors ask whether the worship of goddesses, strongly linked to fertility rituals, might have mitigated the ecological decline of South Asia in the pre-British and post-colonial eras.mehr

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KlappentextThis multidisciplinary collection presents 11 essays ranging from the pre-Vedic to the modern era and incorporating research on Hindu, Buddhist and tribal cultures. Authors ask whether the worship of goddesses, strongly linked to fertility rituals, might have mitigated the ecological decline of South Asia in the pre-British and post-colonial eras.
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ISBN/GTIN978-1-80327-671-7
ProduktartTaschenbuch
EinbandartKartoniert, Paperback
Erscheinungsjahr2024
Erscheinungsdatum08.02.2024
SpracheEnglisch
MasseBreite 244 mm, Höhe 173 mm, Dicke 17 mm
Gewicht660 g
Artikel-Nr.13477255
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GenreGeschichte/Politik

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Inhaltsverzeichnis
Preface ReferencesChapter 1: South Asian Religions and the Natural Environment - Marika Vicziany Chapter 2: The Archaeological and Religious History of LajjÄgaurÄ«, a Pre-Vedic Fertility Deity on the Indian Sub-continent - Ravi Korisettar Chapter 3: Female AvatÄra and Guarantor of Fertility: Does the Great Goddess Relate to Nature and the Environment in Some PurÄá¹as? - Greg Bailey Chapter 4: The Adoration of Mother Earth in BrÄhminic, Folk and Tribal Beliefs and Practices in India - Jayant Bhalchandra Bapat Chapter 5: In the Ocean of Suffering: TÄrÄ as Protector from Real or Psychological Waters? - David Templeman Chapter 6: Dariyadev: The Koli sea god and the Fishing Environment in Mumbai - Anusha Kesarkar-Gavankar and Marika Vicziany Chapter 7: Entering the Goddess´s Womb: How a Rainforest Valley Became a Tibetan Sacred Site - Ruth Gamble Chapter 8: DurgÄ PÅ«jÄ and the Environment - Pratish Bandopadhayay  Chapter 9: Weapons of the Weak: Koli Deities and the Indian Courts in Koli Responses to Environmental Destruction - Marika Vicziany, Jayant Bhalchandra Bapat and Anusha Kesarkar-Gavankar Chapter 10: The Descent of the Ganga in India and Mauritius - Peter Friedlander Chapter 11: Reflections on Dhere´s research on LajjÄgaurÄ«´ and ÅrÄ« á¾¹nandanÄyakÄ«´ - Jayant Bhalchandra Bapatmehr