The Cult of Draupadi, Volume 2: On Hindu Ritual and the Goddess

by Alf Hiltebeitel

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This is the first volume of a projected three-volume work on the little-known South Indian folk cult of the goddess Draupadi and on the classical epic, the Mahabharata, that the cult brings to life in mythic, ritual, and dramatic forms. Draupadi, the chief heroine of the Sanskrit Mahabharata, takes on many unexpected guises in her Tamil cult, but her dimensions as a folk goddess remain rooted in a rich interpretive vision of the great...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0226340481

ISBN13:9780226340487

Release Date:October 1991

Publisher:University of Chicago Press

Length:556 Pages

Weight:1.65 lbs.

Dimensions:1.3" x 6.1" x 9.0"

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Religion Religion & Spirituality

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