Folk Culture, Folk Religion and Oral Traditions as a Component in Maharashtrian Culture

Folk Culture, Folk Religion and Oral Traditions as a Component in Maharashtrian Culture

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Gunther-Dietz Sontheimer

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MANOHAR PUBLISHERS AND DISTRIBUTORS

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Publisher

MANOHAR PUBLISHERS AND DISTRIBUTORS
Publication Year 2020
ISBN-13

9788173040870
ISBN-10 9788173040870
Binding

Hardcover
Edition FIRST
Number of Pages 304 Pages
Language (English)
Dimensions (Cms) 24x16x2.5
Weight (grms) 570

This collection of papers addresses various facets of Maharashtrian culture like yaksas, tutelry gods of rulers, folklore themes like cows, bulls, folk etymologies, heroic ballads, lavani, bhuts, bhakti traditions, Khandoba, etc.

Gunther-Dietz Sontheimer

Gunther-Dietz Sontheimer (1934-1992) began his contribution to our understanding of Indian culture with work on classical Hindu law (dharma-sastra) in the early 1960s. His strong interest in the normative thought of Hinduism eventually led to a major study of Hindu ethics in 1980. At the same time, the archaic world-views contained in the ancient legal texts inspired Sontheimer to go to the sources of Indian religiosity in the cults of equally ancient folk deities. He taught history of religion in South Asia at the South Asia Institute of Heidelberg University.
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