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The Festival of Indra
- Innovation, Archaism, and Revival in a South Asian Performance
Engelsk Hardback
The Festival of Indra
- Innovation, Archaism, and Revival in a South Asian Performance
Engelsk Hardback

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Details the textual and performative history of the South Asian festival of Indra and its role in the development of classical Hinduism.

The Festival of Indra details the textual and performative history of an important South Asian festival and its role in the development of classical Hinduism. Drawing on various genres of Sanskrit textual sources-especially the epic Mahabharata-the book highlights the innovative ways that this annual public festival has supported the stable royal power responsible for the sponsorship of these texts. More than just a textual project, however, the book devotes significant ethnographic attention to the only contemporary performance of this festival that adheres to the classical Sanskrit record: the Indrajatra of Kathmandu, Nepal. Here, Indra''s tall pole remains the festival''s focal point, though its addition of the royal blessing by Kumari, the "living goddess" of Nepal, and the regular presence of the fierce god Bhairav show several significant ways that ritual agents have re-constructed this festival over the past two thousand years.

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Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
284
ISBN-13:
9781438493336
Indbinding:
Hardback
Udgave:
ISBN-10:
1438493339
Udg. Dato:
1 jun 2023
Længde:
0mm
Bredde:
152mm
Højde:
229mm
Forlag:
State University of New York Press
Oplagsdato:
1 jun 2023
Forfatter(e):
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