Sketches from Nepal, Historical and Discriptive, with an Essay on Nepalese Buddhism & Illustrations of Religions Monuments & Architecture

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Reciting the Goddess

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Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0190844558
Total Pages : 345 pages
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Download or read book Reciting the Goddess written by Jessica Vantine Birkenholtz and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2018-03-01 with total page 345 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reciting the Goddess presents the first critical study of the Svasthanivratakatha (SVK), a sixteenth-century Hindu narrative textual tradition. The extensive SVK manuscript tradition offers a rare opportunity to observe the making of a specific, distinct Hindu religious tradition. Jessica Vantine Birkenholtz argues that the SVK serves as a lens through which we can observe the creation of modern 'Hinduism' in the Himalayas, as the text both mirrored and informed key moments in the self-conscious creation of Nepal as the 'world's only Hindu kingdom' in the late medieval and early modern period. Birkenholtz mines the literary historiography that is contained within the SVK text itself, chronicling the text's literary and narrative development as well as the development of the Svasthani goddess tradition. She outlines the process whereby the SVK gradually transformed into a Purana text, and became a critical source for Nepali Hindu belief and identity. She also examines the elusive character of the goddess Svasthani whose identity is tied to the pan-Hindu goddess tradition, and the representation of women in the SVK and the ways in which the text influenced local and regional debates on the ideal of Hindu womanhood. Reciting the Goddess presents Nepal's celebrated SVK as a micro-level illustration of the powerful ways in which people, place, and literature intersect to produce new ideas and concepts of identity and place, even in a historically non-literate culture.

The Festival of Indra

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Publisher : State University of New York Press
ISBN 13 : 1438493347
Total Pages : 350 pages
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Demoting Vishnu

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ISBN 13 : 0190275227
Total Pages : 257 pages
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Himalayan Research Bulletin

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Total Pages : 524 pages
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Asian Home: Situating Self in Western Women’s Select Travel Narratives

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Publisher : Notion Press
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Total Pages : 102 pages
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Download or read book Asian Home: Situating Self in Western Women’s Select Travel Narratives written by Dr. Devika S and published by Notion Press. This book was released on 2023-03-09 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How did the West’s countercultural notions widen their zeal and zest onto the Himalayas? How did Nepal turn out to be a safe haven for Western women who made their travels to different Asian countries? With no direct traces of colonialism, the opening of Nepal to foreigners after 1951 offered travelers a new destination for imbibing Eastern spiritual traditions. The post-War condition was fertile for several radical movements. Many people found solace in traveling to escape from the brutal after-effects of the Second World War. The socio-political and economic conditions of Europe and America post-World War II necessitated the need to travel to overcome the trauma of the war. For women, travel became the means of empowerment and at the same time a spiritual endeavour. The knowledge and understanding of theology and other spiritual knowledge led many travelers to be part of the ‘hippie trail’, in which Nepal is the final destination. This book offers a fresh outlook to women’s perceptions of a second home in a foreign land.

Journal of Asian History

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Total Pages : 128 pages
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Library of Congress Catalogs

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Total Pages : 1036 pages
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Classified Catalogue of the Library of the Director General of Archaeology

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Total Pages : 276 pages
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Book Synopsis Classified Catalogue of the Library of the Director General of Archaeology by : Sten Konow

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The Historical Context of Newār Buddhism

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Total Pages : 176 pages
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Subject Catalog

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Nepal, a Bibliography

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Total Pages : 364 pages
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Download or read book Nepal, a Bibliography written by Satkari Mukhopadhyay and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nepal: A Bibliography' is an annotated bibliography of themonographs, periodicals, and periodical articles on Nepal in publications published in Nepal or other parts of the world. A major portion of the Bibliography is concerned with English material but it also includes some material published in other European languages and in the languages of Nepal. Most of the books included in the Bibliography are available in leading academic libraries in the English-speaking world. The Bibliography serves as a reference tool for Nepal. The volume is aimed at an audience ranging from the informed general reader to the scholar. There are more than 20 languages and dialects in Nepal and the Bibliography includes material on almost all of them. Likewise, there are more than 20 tribes in Nepal and the Bibliography includes material on all of them. The Bibliography covers almost all the subjects.

Buddhism

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Publisher : Gurgaon : Indian Documentation Service
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Total Pages : 188 pages
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National Union Catalog

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Total Pages : 616 pages
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Download or read book National Union Catalog written by and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 616 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

SKETCHES FROM NEPAL

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Total Pages : 364 pages
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Download or read book SKETCHES FROM NEPAL written by H. Ambrose Oldfield and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Change and Continuity

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Total Pages : 532 pages
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Current Geographical Publications

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Total Pages : 704 pages
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Book Synopsis Current Geographical Publications by : American Geographical Society of New York

Download or read book Current Geographical Publications written by American Geographical Society of New York and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page 704 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: