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The starting point for this work is that myths are made and remade - on a variety of topics and in widely differing contexts - in a vast continuum stretching from the earliest periods of historical time to the present day. Each section of the work focuses on one particular point…
The starting point for this work is that myths are made and remade - on a variety of topics and in widely differing contexts - in a vast continuum stretching from the earliest periods of historical time to the present day. Each section of the work focuses on one particular point…
"This title was first published in 2003. Can a text be used either to validate or to invalidate contemporary understandings? Texts may be deemed 'sacred', but sacred to whom? Do conflicting understandings matter? Is it appropriate to try to offer a resolution? For Hindus and non…
Panels of the VIIth World Sanskrit Conference, Kern Institute, Leiden: August 23-29, 1987
by Deshpande, Madhav M., Bakker, Hans, Leslie, Julia, Bronkhorst, Johannes, Caillat, Colette, Brereton, Joel P., Schmithausen, Lambert, Kooij, Karel R. van, Jamison, Stephanie W., Goudriaan, Teun, Katz, Jonathan, Raven, Ellen M., Ruegg, David Seyfort, World Sanskrit Conference of the International Association of Sanskrit Studies, Leiden), Casparis, J. G. de, Meulenbeld, G. Jan, International Association of Sanskrit Studies
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"This book examines the construction of gender identities in different socio-religious contexts in the Indian subcontinent. It explores gender identities across many dimensions, regions and historical periods, touching upon, among others, the Vedas, spirit possession, caste and …
"This book examines the construction of gender identities in different socio-religious contexts in the Indian subcontinent. It explores gender identities across many dimensions, regions and historical periods, touching upon, among others, the Vedas, spirit possession, caste and …
"This book examines the construction of gender identities in different socio-religious contexts in the Indian subcontinent. It explores gender identities across many dimensions, regions and historical periods, touching upon, among others, the Vedas, spirit possession, caste and …