Seven days of nectar : contemporary oral performance of the Bhagavatapurana / McComas Taylor.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Taylor, McComas, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Puranas. Bhārgavapurāṇa--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Puranas.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (249 p.) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2016.

Summary:

The thousand-year-old Sanskrit classic the Bhagavatapurana, or 'Stories of the Lord', is the foundational source of narratives concerning the beloved Hindu deity Krishna. For centuries pious individuals, families, and community groups have engaged specialist scholar-orators to give week-long oral performances based on this text. In recent years, these events have grown in number, scale, and popularity, filling vast public arenas, such as sports stadiums, and attracting live audiences in the tens of thousands while being simulcast around the world. In Seven Days of Nectar, McComas Taylor uncove

Contents:

Preface

Acknowledgements

Note on transliteration

1. Introduction-Ksetropadhana

2. The Saptaha-Yajña

3. The Sponsor-Yajamana

4. The Exponent-Hotr

5. The Text-Veda

6. The Verses-Mantra

7. The Audience-Vis

8. Results-Phala

9. Conclusion-Purnahuti

Glossary

Bibliography

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed October 13, 2016).

ISBN:

0-19-061892-2

0-19-061193-6

0-19-061192-8