Rethinking the body in South Asian traditions. (2020)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Diana Dimitrova.
• Editors: Dimitrova, Diana, 1969-
• Contents: Introduction: Rethinking the Body in South Asian Traditions Diana Dimitrova 1. The vaṃśa as Body: Seizure, Illness and Restriction of the Body in the Harivaṃśa Chris Austin 2. Tinged with Pain and Promise: Images of Bodies in the Poetry of Appar Anne E. Monius 3. Allegorical representations of the body in the Vijñānagīta by Keśavdās Stefania Cavalieri 4. Devotional Bodies and Embodied Devotion: Yoga, Bhakti and Pilgrimage in the Radhasoami Tradition Diana Dimitrova 5. Bodies in Cracking India Nandi Bhatia 6. Cultivating a female body: Appropriation of female rituality (saṃskāra ) within the hijra community Mathieu Boisvert 7. When Humans Pose as Hindu Gods Gita Pai
• Edition: 1st
• Publisher Details: London : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2020
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations (black and white)
• Subjects: 128.60954; Human body (Philosophy) -- South Asia; Human body -- Religious aspects
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781000257953; 9781000257892; 9781000257922; 9781003089582
• Related ISBNs: 9780367536183
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on CIP data; resource not viewed.
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