LEADER 00000cam a2200733Li 4500 001 ocn900003369 003 OCoLC 005 20170127063819.6 006 m o d 007 cr |n||||||||| 008 140119s2014 ne a ob 001 0 eng d 019 861081398|a868971015 020 900425739X|q(electronic book) 020 9789004257399|q(electronic book) 020 |z9789004256156|q(hardback ;|qalkaline paper) 020 |z9004256156|q(hardback ;|qalkaline paper) 035 (OCoLC)900003369|z(OCoLC)861081398|z(OCoLC)868971015 040 YDXCP|beng|erda|epn|cYDXCP|dOCLCO|dOCLCF|dEBLCP|dUV0|dE7B |dN$T|dOCLCQ|dCOO 043 a-ii--- 049 RIDW 050 4 BL1226.2|b.H36 2014 072 7 QB|2lcco 072 7 BL|2lcco 072 7 REL|x017000|2bisacsh 082 04 294.5/211|223 090 BL1226.2|b.H36 2014 100 1 Handelman, Don.|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/ n88194207 245 10 One god, two goddesses, three studies of South Indian cosmology /|cby Don Handelman. 264 1 LEIDEN :|bBrill,|c2014. 300 1 online resource (xvii, 218 pages) :|billustrations (some color. 336 text|btxt|2rdacontent 337 computer|bc|2rdamedia 338 online resource|bcr|2rdacarrier 347 text file|2rdaft 490 1 Jerusalem studies in religion and culture,|x1570-078X ; |vvolume 18 504 Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-213) and index. 505 0 List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Contributors; Preface; Chapter One The Cosmic Vortex and Don Handelman's Anthropological Vision: A Personal View; Chapter Two Myths of Murugan: Asymmetry and Hierarchy in a South Indian Puranic Cosmology; From Fragmentation to Encompassment: The Asymmetry of Shiva; The Death of Kama: Asceticism Ascendant and the Nadir of Shakti; The Creation: A Chain Reaction of Fragmentation; The Asura Wars: The Assimilation of Shakti and the Encompassment of the Cosmos; The Asuras: The Asymmetry of Shakti; The Birth of the Asuras: Seduction and Illusion. 505 8 The Education of the Asuras: The Value of Materialist RealityThe Incorporation of Evil; From Encompassment to Immanence; Shakti and the Devolution of the Divine; Iconography, Reflexivity, and Shakti; Encompassment and Immanence: Acting in the World; Conclusion; Chapter Three The Guises of the Goddess and the Transformation of the Male: Gangamma's Visit to Tirupati, and the Continuum of Gender; Gangamma in Tirupati; Gangamma's Story; Gangamma Comes Home; The Goddess Disguised; Gangamma's Feet; The Goddess Revealed; Multitudes of Gangamma; Gangamma Meets Gangamma and Transcends Herself. 505 8 Gender, Cosmos, CasteBibliography; Chapter Four Growing a Kingdom: The Goddess of Depth in Vizianagaram; 1. Prologue : Every King Needs a Goddess. On the Curved and the Flat, Wilderness and Civilization; 2. The Birth of Paiditalli; 3. Historical Excursus; 4. Goddesses are Grown (Gods are Not); 5. The (Re)Birth of Paiditalli: The Ritual of Devara Pandaga; 6. The Growing of Rice; 7. Pot-Paiditalli Furrows and Sows; 8. The Tevadam Rite: Bringing the Sprouting Goddess Out of the Earth; 9. Nearing the Sirimanu: Ratham, Swing, and Tolellu-the First Furrow; 10. The Sirimanu Jatra. 505 8 11. Uyyala Kambālu-Swinging Away to the Wilderness12. Concluding Thoughts; Index. 520 One God, Two Goddesses studies through their deities three very different South Indian cosmic worlds whose existence depends on their incessant dynamism, which is deeply and intimately related to ongoing transformation and regeneration. 588 0 Print version record. 590 eBooks on EBSCOhost|bEBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America 600 00 Murugan|c(Hindu deity)|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/ names/n2017240340|xCult.|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/ subjects/sh99005452 600 07 Murugan|c(Hindu deity)|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/fast /1029875 650 0 Hinduism|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/ sh85060932|zIndia, South|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/ subjects/sh85064957-781|xRituals.|0https://id.loc.gov/ authorities/subjects/sh2002006587 650 0 Hindu goddesses|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/ sh85055596|zIndia, South.|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/ subjects/sh85064957-781 650 0 Hindu cosmology.|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/ sh85033175 650 7 Hinduism.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/fast/957121 650 7 Cults.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/fast/884980 650 7 Hindu goddesses.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/fast/ 1729905 650 7 Hindu cosmology.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/fast/ 957027 651 7 South India.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/fast/1692635 655 0 Electronic books. 655 4 Electronic books. 776 08 |iPrint version:|aHandelman, Don.|tOne god, two goddesses, three studies of South Indian cosmology.|z9789004256156 |z9004256156|w(DLC) 2013026797 830 0 Jerusalem studies in religion and culture ;|0https:// id.loc.gov/authorities/names/nr2002008148|vv. 18. 856 40 |uhttps://rider.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http:// search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site& db=nlebk&AN=650984|zOnline eBook. 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