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James McHugh offers the first comprehensive examination of the concepts and practices related to smell in pre-modern India. Drawing on a wide range of textual sources, from poetry to medical texts, he shows the deeply significant religious and cultural role of smell in India throughout the first mil...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: McHugh, James
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2013.
Subjects:
India > Religion.
Rites and ceremonies > India.
Smell > Religious aspects.
Smell.
Odors > India.
Inde > Religion.
Rites et cérémonies > Inde.
Odorat.
Odeurs > Inde.
smell (sense)
Odors.
Religion.
Rites and ceremonies.
India.
Electronic books.
E-books.
E-reference.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:James McHugh offers the first comprehensive examination of the concepts and practices related to smell in pre-modern India. Drawing on a wide range of textual sources, from poetry to medical texts, he shows the deeply significant religious and cultural role of smell in India throughout the first millennium CE.
Physical Description:1 online resource
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780199980260
0199980268
9780199916313
0199916314