Vedic voices : intimate narratives of a living Andhra tradition /
"For countless generations families have lived in isolated communities in the Godavari Delta of coastal Andhra Pradesh, learning and reciting their legacy of Vedas, performing daily offerings and occasional sacrifices. They are the virtually unrecognized survivors of a 3,700-year-old heritage,...
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
[2015]
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Table of Contents:
- 1) The Godavari Delta
- 2) Vedamlo, "Living in the Veda"
- 3) A Selection of Ahitagnis and Other Veda Pandits
- 4) Becoming a Veda
- 5) Becoming a Householder
- 6) Becoming Agni
- Epilogue: Becoming "Modern."