Gods on Earth: The Management of Religious Experience and Identity in a North Indian Pilgrimage CentreBloomsbury Academic, 1988 - 310 pages A detailed historical anthropology of Ayodhya, which argues that religious values can reflect political and economic processes. |
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Page xiv
... hand , the Brahman priest is ideologically of superior status , while on the other hand he is economically dependent on the patrons . Almost the entire discussion of the position of the Brahman priest focuses on value orientations ...
... hand , the Brahman priest is ideologically of superior status , while on the other hand he is economically dependent on the patrons . Almost the entire discussion of the position of the Brahman priest focuses on value orientations ...
Page 85
... hand we have seen that there is a strong ascetic current in the Ramanandi community which emphasizes renunciation as well as peripatetic life . This current is known as that of the tyagis . It seems to have been organized militarily at ...
... hand we have seen that there is a strong ascetic current in the Ramanandi community which emphasizes renunciation as well as peripatetic life . This current is known as that of the tyagis . It seems to have been organized militarily at ...
Page 247
... hand in the game . The word chowkee also underwent a shift in meaning . Formerly it was used to designate the wooden ... hands of the Gangaputras , with the important qualification that most of these are held by only a few households ...
... hand in the game . The word chowkee also underwent a shift in meaning . Formerly it was used to designate the wooden ... hands of the Gangaputras , with the important qualification that most of these are held by only a few households ...
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Sarayu and the ghats | 9 |
The presence of | 18 |
The conjunction of time and place | 28 |
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