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Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
A Note on Transliteration and Pronunciation
1: Introduction
Genesis of this Study
The Durga Puja
PART I: CONTEXT AND OVERVIEW
2: The Setting
Which Navaratra?
Which Goddess?
Which Durga Puja?
Durga Puja in Bengal
Durga Puja in Banaras
Bengali Brahmanas in Banaras
The Ritual Performer (Purohita)
The Audience
Ritual Manuals
English Literature on the Durga Puja
This Description of the Durga Puja
3: Overview of the Durga Puja
General Comments on Puja
Overview of the Ritual
PART II: DESCRIPTION OF THE DURGA PUJA
4: The Durga Puja
4.1: Preliminaries
4.2: Bodhana
4.3: Adhivasa
4.4: Saptami
4.5: Mahastami
4.6: Sandhi Puja
4.7: Mahanavami
4.8: Vijaya Dasami
PART III: INTERPRETATIONS
5: The Nature of Puja
6: The Nature of the Great Goddess
Gynomorphic Forms of the Goddess
Yantric Forms of the Devi
The Devi as Elemental Substances
The Devi as Life Forms
7: Functions of the Durga Puja
Cosmic Rejuvenation
Empowerment: Personal, Sovereign, Communal, Political, Economic
Controlled Fertility
Religious Ritual as Illustrated by the Durga Puja
Notes
Glossary
Bibliography
Index
Sujets
Informations
Publié par | State University of New York Press |
Date de parution | 01 février 2012 |
Nombre de lectures | 0 |
EAN13 | 9780791488447 |
Langue | English |
Poids de l'ouvrage | 39 Mo |
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