Buchumschlag
South Asian goddesses and the natural environment:
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Beteilige Person: Vicziany, Marika 1947- (VerfasserIn)
Weitere beteiligte Personen: Bapat, Jayant Bhalchandra 1938- (MitwirkendeR)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: Oxford Archaeopress Archaeology 2024
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Abstract:This multidisciplinary collection presents 11 essays ranging from the pre-Vedic to the modern era and incorporating research on Hindu, Buddhist and tribal cultures. Authors ask whether the worship of goddesses, strongly linked to fertility rituals, might have mitigated the ecological decline of South Asia in the pre-British and post-colonial eras.
Cover -- Inner cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents Page -- List of Figures and Tables -- South Asian Religions and the Natural Environment -- Table 1. Air quality measured by particuate pollution in 2020: the ranking of South Asian Countries from the most to the least polluted (IQAir 2022). -- Table 2. Examples of cures, punishments and measure to ameliorate 'pollution' in the classical Hindu texts given by Dwivedi and Tiwari (Dwivedi and Tiwari 1999: 179-182). -- Figure 1. Diagram of India showing the location of eight elephant reserves that are named in the Arthashastra (Drawing by Vicziany and Harris adapted from Trautmann 2015 Figure 1.4). -- Figure 2. Lord Curzon and Lady Curzon Tiger Hunting in Hyderabad, 1902 (photo 556/3/(61) British Library, viewed 22 July 2022, https://imagesonline.bl.uk/asset/46923/ ). -- The Archaeological and Religious History of Lajjāgaurī, a Pre-Vedic Fertility Deity on the Indian Sub-continent -- Figure 1. Map showing the distribution of the South Asian sites (Map based on Google Earth and designed by R. Korisettar and R. Arjun, Central University of Karnataka, Kalaburagi, Karnataka). -- Figure 2. Miniature Lajjāgaurī representation on the lalāṭa paṭṭi patti of Sangameshwara temple, Basavana Bagewadi, Karnataka (photo Korisettar). -- Figure 3. The Lajjāgaurī image from an indisputable historical context from Nagarjunakonda in the Krishna river valley, Andhra Pradesh (photo Smitha Kumari, Superintending Archaeologist, Hyderabad Circle, Archaeological Survey of India, Hyderabad, Telanga -- Figure 4. The label inscription at the base of the Nagarjunakonda Lajjāgaurī image clearly mentions the historical context and describes the deity as one who protects the queen from widowhood and her children from premature death. We are yet to find anoth.
Umfang:1 Online-Ressource (xiv, 239 Seiten)
ISBN:9781803276724

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