The festival of Indra: innovation, archaism, and revival in a South Asian performance

"Details the textual and performative history of the South Asian festival of Indra and its role in the development of classical Hinduism"--

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1. Verfasser: Baltutis, Michael 1975- (VerfasserIn)
Format: Abschlussarbeit Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Albany State University of New York Press [2023]
Schriftenreihe:SUNY series in Hindu studies
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Zusammenfassung:"Details the textual and performative history of the South Asian festival of Indra and its role in the development of classical Hinduism"--
The Festival of Indra details the textual and performative history of an important South Asian festival and its role in the development of classical Hinduism. Drawing on various genres of Sanskrit textual sources--especially the epic Mahābhārata--the book highlights the innovative ways that this annual public festival has supported the stable royal power responsible for the sponsorship of these texts. More than just a textual project, however, the book devotes significant ethnographic attention to the only contemporary performance of this festival that adheres to the classical Sanskrit record: the Indrajatra of Kathmandu, Nepal. Here, Indra's tall pole remains the festival's focus point, though its addition of the royal blessing by Kumari, the "living goddess" of Nepal, and the regular presence of the fierce god Bhairav show several significant ways that ritual agents have re-constructed this festival over the past two thousand years--back cover
Beschreibung:Outgrowth of the author's thesis (doctoral)--University of Iowa, 2008, under the title: Festival of Indra : the construction of a South Asian urban celebration
Beschreibung:xiii, 270 Seiten Illustrationen 24 cm
ISBN:9781438493336
9781438493329

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