South Asian Folklore: An Encyclopedia : Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka

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Peter J. Claus, Sarah Diamond, Margaret Ann Mills
Taylor & Francis, 2003 - Folklore - 710 pages
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With 600 signed, alphabetically organized articles covering the entirety of folklore in South Asia, this new resource includes countries and regions, ethnic groups, religious concepts and practices, artistic genres, holidays and traditions, and many other concepts.
A preface introduces the material, while a comprehensive index, cross-references, and black and white illustrations round out the work. The focus on south Asia includes Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka, with short survey articles on Tibet, Bhutan, Sikkim, and various diaspora communities. This unique reference will be invaluable for collections serving students, scholars, and the general public.

 

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Page 509 - Kathmandu for 8 months in 1997 with support from a grant from the Joint Committee on South Asia of the Social Science Research Council and the American Council of Learned Societies with funds provided by the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Ford Foundation.‎
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Page 262 - Bolle (1969: 127) points out that: "unless one understands the primacy of the place, the nature of the sacred in most of Hinduism remains incomprehensible, and the plurality and variety of gods continues to form an unsolvable puzzle. God is universal because he is there.‎
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Page 375 - With this small and solitary exception the book is in every one's hands, from the court to the cottage, and is read, or heard, and appreciated alike by every class of the Hindu community, whether high or low, rich or poor, young or old.‎
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Page 197 - Ancient Hindu conception of correlation between form and locomotion of fishes.‎
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TitleSouth Asian Folklore: An Encyclopedia : Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
EditorsPeter J. Claus, Sarah Diamond, Margaret Ann Mills
Editionillustrated
PublisherTaylor & Francis, 2003
ISBN0415939194, 9780415939195
Length710 pages
  
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