Reciting the Goddess : narratives of place and the making of Hinduism in Nepal /

Reciting the Goddess is the first book-length study of Nepal's goddess Svasthani and the popular Svasthanivratakatha textual tradition. Drawing on archival and ethnographic research, it examines the making of Hinduism in Nepal, a history that is largely neglected in master narratives of Hinduis...

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Main Author: Birkenholtz, Jessica Vantine, 1975- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2018.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:Reciting the Goddess is the first book-length study of Nepal's goddess Svasthani and the popular Svasthanivratakatha textual tradition. Drawing on archival and ethnographic research, it examines the making of Hinduism in Nepal, a history that is largely neglected in master narratives of Hinduism on the Indian subcontinent.
Physical Description:1 online resource
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780199341184
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