Western Himalayan temple records : state, pilgrimage, ritual and legality in Chambā /

Fifty-five documents in a western-Himalayan language dealing with land, pilgrimage, legality and temple-economy are presented. They explicate how a ~lesser statesa (TM) patronized numerous shrines and the role of Nath-Siddha-ascetics in creating consent-to-rule, and constructing hybridity between th...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Sharma, Mahesh
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2009.
Colección:Brill's Indological library ; v. 31.
Temas:
Charpatnath (Shrine : Chamba, India) > History > Sources.
Charpatnath (Shrine : Chamba, India)
Nātha sect > India > Chamba (District) > History > Sources.
Hinduism and state > India > Chamba (District) > History > Sources.
Nāths > Inde > Chamba (District) > Histoire > Sources.
Hindouisme et État > Inde > Chamba (District) > Histoire > Sources.
RELIGION > Hinduism > General.
Hinduism and state.
Nātha sect.
Chamba (India : District) > History > Sources.
Chamba (Inde : District) > Histoire > Sources.
India > Chamba (District)
History.
Sources.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • A western Himalayan kingdom : the state formation and cultural complex, 700-1650 CE
  • The state and the portal of Charpaṭ : small shrine-big symbol
  • Context : language, measures, and festivals
  • Documents
  • Epilogue : a small state and the little shrine
  • Appendices.

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