Rites of the God-King - Santi and Ritual Change in Early Hinduism

Zusatztext Geslani's close examination of the rites of appeasement in the ritual manuals of the Atharvaveda and the early Astral literature of Varahamihira's B?hatsa?hita has demonstrated a clear link between the domestic priest (purohita) and the astrologer (sa?vatsara) in ancient India, resulting in a new way to understand the role of the royal priesthood in kingship rituals. Informationen zum Autor Marko Geslani is Assistant Professor of Sanskrit and Premodern South Asian Religions at Emory University. Klappentext Rites of the God-King offers a critical revision of mainstream Hinduism from the perspective of the life of a single ritual from medieval India. Drawing theoretical connections to modern ethnographies, it raises questions about the nature of kingship and priesthood, image-worship, and ritual change. Zusammenfassung Rites of the God-King offers a critical revision of mainstream Hinduism from the perspective of the life of a single ritual from medieval India. Drawing theoretical connections to modern ethnographies, it raises questions about the nature of kingship and priesthood, image-worship, and ritual change. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface Acknowledgements Abbreviations Introduction 1. The Inception of a Ritual Category 2. The Ritual Culture of Appeasement 3. Varahamihira's Astrological Ritualism 4. Kingship in a Portentous Age 5. Signs in the Gods, Gods in the Pots 6. Ritual Change and the Problem of Presence Conclusion Appendices Glossary Bibliography

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• Authors: Marko Geslani, Marko (Assistant Professor of Sanskrit an Geslani
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.08.2018
• EAN: 9780190862886
• ISBN: 978-0-19-086288-6
• No. of pages: 336
• Series: Oxford Ritual Studies Series; Oxford Ritual Studies Series; Oxford Ritual Studies
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Other religions; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology of Religion, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General, RELIGION / Hinduism / General, Religion & beliefs, Hinduism, Sociology & anthropology, Religion and beliefs, Sociology and anthropology