Myths and places: new perspectives in Indian cultural geography
This volume explores the dialogic relationship between myths and places in the historically, geographically and culturally diverse context of India
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| Format: | Book/Monograph |
| Language: | English |
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Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group
2023
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| Edition: | First published |
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| Online Access: | Inhaltsverzeichnis: https://swbplus.bsz-bw.de/bsz1848837577inh.htm Verlag, Cover: https://www.dietmardreier.de/annot/426F6F6B446174617C7C393738303336373731323030367C7C434F50.jpg?sq=2 
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| Author Notes: | edited by Shonaleeka Kaul |
Table of Contents:
- Preface 1. Introduction: New Myths and Myths Anew 2. KÄÅÄ" as Space and Notion: Hindu, Buddhist and Jaina Myths 3. Ecology, Mythic Imagination and Ká1á1£á1a Worship in Early MathurÄ 4. The Patriarch King: Myths from a Jewish Homeland in Kodungallur 5. The Rise and Fall of Two Cities: ValabhÄ" and DhÄrÄ as Narrated in the PrabandhacintÄmaá1i 6. Peregrination as Pedagogy: ÅankarÄcÄrya s Digvijayas and the Idea of India 7. Goddesses and Abodes: Myths, Memories and the Divine of the Nilachala Hills 8. The Mountain Numen: Myth and Everyday Life in Kangra and Hamirpur 9. Vernacular Shrines and Mythical Narratives: A Case Study of Champaran 10. Myth as Palimpsest: Performance and Provenance of the Tamil Åilappadikaram 11. Itinerant Identities in the Thar: Myths in Shah Abdul Latif's Risalo