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  title info:
    title: Homo ritualis
    sub title: Hindu ritual and its significance for ritual theory
  name:
    name part: Michaels, Axel
    role:
      role term: creator
    role:
      role term: author.
  type of resource: text
  genre: bibliography
  genre: Electronic books.
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: nyu
    date issued: 2016
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: remote
    extent: 1 online resource
  abstract: "Are the richness and diversity of rituals and celebrations in South Asia unique? Can we speak of a homo ritualis when it comes to India or Hinduism? Are Indians or Hindus more involved in rituals than other people? If so, what makes them special? Homo Ritualis is the first book to present a Hindu theory of rituals. Based on extensive textual studies and field-work in Nepal and India, Axel Michaels argues that ritual is a distinctive way of acting, which, as in the theater, can be distinguished from other forms of action. The book analyzes ritual in these cultural-specific and religious contexts, taking into account how indigenous terms and theories affect and contribute to current ritual theory. It describes and investigates various forms of Hindu rituals and festivals, such as life-cycle rituals, the Vedic sacrifice, vows processions, and the worship of deities (puja). It also examines conceptual components of (Hindu) rituals such as framing, formality, modality, and theories of meaning"--
  abstract: "This book describes and analyzes various forms of Hindu rituals and examines various conceptional components of (Hindu) rituals such as framing, formality modality and theories of meaning. It is asked how indigenous terms and notions of ritual modifies ritual theory. The book thus is the first attempt to present a Hindu theory of rituals"--
  table of contents: Part I: Framing -- 1. The Beginning of Rituals -- 1.1 The Solemn Intention (samkalpa) -- 1.2 Greeting and Ritualized Greeting (namaskāra) -- Conclusion -- Part II: Formality -- 2. Repetitive Rules (vidhi) -- 2.1 The Grammar of Rituals -- 2.2 A Preliminary "Grammar" of Newar Life-cycle Rituals -- 2.3 Rituals in Handbooks (paddhati) -- 3. Agency in Ritual -- 3.1 Ritual Competency (adhikāra) -- 3.2 Atonements for Ritual Mishaps (prāyaścitta) -- 3.3 The Comic Side of Ritual Formality -- 4. Performed and Played Rituals (līlā) -- 4.1 Music and Ritual Music -- 4.2 Dance and Ritual Dance -- 4.3 Emotions and Ritual Emotions -- Conclusion -- Part III: Modality -- 5. Individualized and Domestic Rituals (samskāra) -- 5.1 The Boy's Initiation -- 5.2 The Girl's Initiation -- 5.3 The Marriage -- 5.4 Death Rituals and Redemption -- 6. Collective and Public Rituals -- 6.1 Temple Festivals (utsava) -- 6.2 Vows (vrata) -- 6.3 Pilgrimages and Processions (yātrā) -- 7. Transcendence in Rituals -- 7.1 The Vedic Sacrifice (yajña) -- 7.2 The Fire Sacrifice (homa) -- 7.3 Worship and Prayer (pūjā) -- 7.4 E-darshan and Cyber-puja -- Conclusion -- Part IV: Meaning -- 8. Meaning and Function -- 8.1 The Cultural Studies Approach -- 8.2 The Cognitive Sciences approach -- 9. The Purvamimamsa Theory of Ritual Efficacy.
  note: Axel Michaels.
  note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
  subject:
    topic: Hinduism
    topic: Rituals
  subject:
    topic: Hindouisme
    topic: Rituel
  subject:
    topic: RELIGION
    topic: Hinduism
    topic: Rituals & Practice
  subject:
    topic: RELIGION
    topic: Comparative Religion
  subject:
    topic: Hinduism
    topic: Rituals
  subject:
    topic: Newār
  subject:
    topic: Hinduismus
  subject:
    topic: Ritual
  subject:
    geographic: Nepal
  subject:
    topic: Hinduism
  subject:
    topic: Ritualer
  classification: BL1226.2 .M53 2015
  classification: 294.5/38
  classification: REL032020
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  record info:
    record content source: N$T
    record creation date: 151012
    record change date: 20260319161526.6
    record identifier: in00005712549
    language of cataloging:
      language term: eng