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Reciting the goddess : narratives of place and the making of hinduism in Nepal / Jessica Vantine Birkenholtz.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Birkenholtz, Jessica Vantine, 1975- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Svasthani (Hindu deity)--Cult--Nepal.
- Svasthani (Hindu deity).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (322 pages) : illustrations, tables
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2018.
- Summary:
- 'Reciting the Goddess' is a study of Nepal's goddess Svasthani and the popular Svasthanivratakatha textual tradition. Drawing on archival and ethnographic research, it examines the making of Hinduism in Nepal, a history that is largely neglected in master narratives of Hinduism on the Indian subcontinent.
- Notes:
- Previously issued in print: 2018.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-084455-8
- 0-19-084456-6
- 0-19-934118-4
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