Religious Processes: The Puranas and the Making of a Regional Tradition - Hardcover

Chakrabarti, Kunal

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0195649893 ISBN 13: 9780195649895

Publisher: OUP India, 2001

Synopsis

The volume traces the evolution of a process of interaction between brahmanism and the indigenous social groups of Bengal during the early medieval period. Following the logic of cultural negotiation implicit in the Puranas composed in Bengal, the book unravels a pattern that governed this relationship of reciprocity, contestation and domination.

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"This exceptionally fine book unites the study of social processes with indological scholarship in a genuinely historical analysis. In addition to its numerous other virtues, this bookis very well written and well edited."-- History of Religions "This exceptionally fine book unites the study of social processes with indological scholarship in a genuinely historical analysis. In addition to its numerous other virtues, this bookis very well written and well edited."-- History of Religions "This exceptionally fine book unites the study of social processes with indological scholarship in a genuinely historical analysis. In addition to its numerous other virtues, this bookis very well written and well edited."-- History of Religions "This exceptionally fine book unites the study of social processes with indological scholarship in a genuinely historical analysis. In addition to its numerous other virtues, this bookis very well written and well edited."-- History of Religions

Synopsis

Traces the evolution of the interaction between Brahmanism and the indigenous social groups of Bengal during the early medieval period. Following the logic of cultural negotiation implicit in the Puranas composed in Bengal, the book unravels a pattern that governed this relationship.

Edition details

• Publisher: OUP India
• Publication date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0195649893
• ISBN 13: 9780195649895
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 378