Religious process : the Puranas and the making of a regional tradition /

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Author / Creator:Chakrabarti, Kunal.
Imprint:New Delhi ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2001.
Description:viii, 368 p. ; 23 cm.
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/5609924
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ISBN:0195649893
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of Contents:
  • I. Introduction
  • II. Texts and Traditions: The Bengal Puranas
  • III. Cultural Interaction and Religious Process
  • IV. The Diffusion of Brahmanism and the Transformation of Buddhism
  • V. Appropriation as a Historical Process: The Cult of the Goddess
  • VI. Vratas: The Transmission of Brahmanical Culture
  • VII. The Making of the Regional Tradition of Bengal.