Marko Geslani

Rites of the God-King

Santi and Ritual Change in Early Hinduism

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Produktbeschreibung

Rites of the God-King offers a critical revision of mainstream Hinduism from the perspective of the life of a single ritual from medieval India. Drawing theoretical connections to modern ethnographies, it raises questions about the nature of kingship and priesthood, image-worship, and ritual change.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 336
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. Juli 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 160mm x 30mm
• Gewicht: 576g
• ISBN-13: 9780190862886
• ISBN-10: 0190862882
• Artikelnr.: 50989791

Autorenporträt

Marko Geslani is Assistant Professor of Sanskrit and Premodern South Asian Religions at Emory University.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Acknowledgements
Abbreviations
Introduction
1. The Inception of a Ritual Category
2. The Ritual Culture of Appeasement
3. Varahamihira's Astrological Ritualism
4. Kingship in a Portentous Age
5. Signs in the Gods, Gods in the Pots
6. Ritual Change and the Problem of Presence
Conclusion
Appendices
Glossary
Bibliography