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 210
... relations . Economic dependence might be seen as degrading , but it can also be regarded as providing economic ... relations in villages cannot therefore be readily applied to the field of pilgrimage . As we will see , there was a great ...
... relations . Economic dependence might be seen as degrading , but it can also be regarded as providing economic ... relations in villages cannot therefore be readily applied to the field of pilgrimage . As we will see , there was a great ...
Page 243
... relation between the panda and the agent which is the key one here , not the relation between the panda and the jajman . The pilgrims , moreover , are no longer interested in entering into jajmani relations with pandas . They are taken ...
... relation between the panda and the agent which is the key one here , not the relation between the panda and the jajman . The pilgrims , moreover , are no longer interested in entering into jajmani relations with pandas . They are taken ...
Page 261
... relations between patrons and priests and the nature of the thing given . The relation between the jajmān ( patron ) and the Brahman priest is what is called a jajmani relation . This kind of relation is ambiguous . It offers protection ...
... relations between patrons and priests and the nature of the thing given . The relation between the jajmān ( patron ) and the Brahman priest is what is called a jajmani relation . This kind of relation is ambiguous . It offers protection ...
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Sarayu and the ghats | 9 |
The presence of | 18 |
The conjunction of time and place | 28 |
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