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Rites of the God-King : santi and ritual change in early Hinduism / Marko Geslani.
LIBRA BL1226.82.A85 G48 2018
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Geslani, Marko, 1982- author.
- Series:
- Oxford ritual studies
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Hinduism--Rituals.
- History.
- Atonement (Hinduism).
- Kings and rulers.
- India--Kings and rulers--Religious aspects.
- India.
- Atonement (Hinduism)--History.
- Hinduism--Rituals--History.
- Hinduism.
- Kings and rulers--Religious aspects.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xvii, 314 pages ; 25 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2018]
- Contents:
- 1 The Inception of a Ritual Category p. 20
- 2 The Ritual Culture of Appeasement p. 72
- 3 Varahamihira's Astrological Ritualism p. 123
- 4 Kingship in a Portentous Age p. 156
- 5 Signs in the Gods, Gods in the Pots p. 196
- 6 Ritual Change and the Problem of Presence p. 230.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Anne and Joseph Trachtman Memorial Book Fund.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Geslani, Marko, 1982- Rites of the God-King.
- ISBN:
- 9780190862886
- 0190862882
- OCLC:
- 1015243176
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