The Cult of Draupadi: v. 2: On Hindu Ritual and the Goddess
by Alf Hiltebeitel
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Paperback / softback. New. This is the first volume of a projected three-volume work on the little-known South Indian folk cult of the goddess Draupadi and on the classical epic, the Mahabharata, that the cult brings to life in mythic, ritual, and dramatic forms. Draupadi, the chief heroine of the Sanskrit Mahabharata, takes on many unexpected guises in her Tamil cult, but her dimensions as a folk goddess remain rooted in a rich interpretive vision of the great epic. By examining the ways that the cult of Draupadi commingles traditions about the goddess and the epic, Alf Hiltebeitel shows the cult to be singularly representative of the inner tensions and working dynamics of popular devotional Hinduism.
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The Cult of Draupadi by Alf Hiltebeitel is generall presented in two volumes. The anthropologist examines the first celibate Buddhist monasteries among the Sherpas of Nepal in the early 1900's. Volume 1 of the series follows in great detail a Draupadi festival and ritual from beginning to end. Volume 2 of the series covers the mythology of the Draupadi cult.
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- Title
- The Cult of Draupadi: v. 2: On Hindu Ritual and the Goddess
- Author
- Alf Hiltebeitel
- Format/Binding
- Paperback / softback
- Book Condition
- New
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0226340481
- ISBN 13
- 9780226340487
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Place of Publication
- Chicago, Illinois, U.s.a
- This edition first published
- October 8, 1991
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