Tamil Temple Myths : Sacrifice and Divine Marriage in the South Indian Saiva Tradition /

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South India is a land of many temples and shrines, each of which has preserved a local tradition of myth, folklore, and ritual. As one of the first Western scholars to explore this tradition in detail, David Shulman brings together the stories associated with these sacred sites and places them in th...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Shulman, David Dean, 1949- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [1980]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Śaivism.
Sacrifice > Hinduism.
Sacred marriage (Mythology)
Mythology, Tamil.
Hinduism > Doctrines.
Hindu temples.
RELIGION > Comparative Religion.
RELIGION > Hinduism > General.
Hindouisme > Doctrines.
Sacrifice > Hindouisme.
Mariage sacre (Mythologie)
Temples hindous > Inde (Sud)
Mythologie tamoule.
Śivaïsme > Inde (Sud)
Hindu temples > India, South.
Śaivism > India, South.
South India.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • List of Illustrations
  • Acknowledgments
  • Abbreviations
  • Glossary
  • Map: Tamiḻnāțu, Major Shrines
  • I. INTRODUCTION
  • II. THE PHENOMENON OF LOCALIZATION
  • III. THE CREATIVE SACRIFICE
  • IV. THE DIVINE MARRIAGE
  • V. THE DEMON DEVOTEE
  • VI. CONCLUSION.

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