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The Eternal Food:Gastronomic Ideas and Experiences of Hindus and Buddhists - Hardcover

R. S.Khare

 
9788170303657: The Eternal Food:Gastronomic Ideas and Experiences of Hindus and Buddhists
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 8170303656 ISBN 13: 9788170303657
Publisher: Sri Satguru Publications, 2026

Synopsis

"The Eternal Food focuses on reflexive cultural expressions and personal experiences that food elicits in the region. Concerned with food as an ""essence"" and as an essential experience, the authors give special attention to Hindu saints for whom food, firmly grounded in moral ideals and practice, represents a cosmic divine principle at one level, and a most immediate and intimate material reality at another. In the cultural diversity of India, the authors work with several conceptual models and meanings of food. They demonstrate how it reflects common social understandings about social caste, the cure and prevention of ailments, its ability to alter moods and motivations, or affect innate personal dispositions, personal spiritual pursuits and attainments. In its sweep and depth, food presents a powerful cultural lens for seeing how practical, ritual, and spiritual spheres of life conjoin."

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About the Author

R. S. Khare is Professor of Anthropology and Chairman of the International Commission on Anthropology of Food at the University of Virginia.

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Publisher
Sri Satguru Publications
Publication date
2026
Language
English
ISBN 10 
8170303656
ISBN 13 
9788170303657
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
290