The Cult of the Goddess Pattini
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Pattini--goddess, virgin, wife, and mother; folk deity of Sinhala Buddhists and Jains; and assimilated goddess of the Hindu pantheon--has been worshiped in Sri Lanka and South India for fifteen hundred years or more, as she still is today. This long-awaited book is the culmination of Gananath Obeyesekere's comprehensive study of the Pattini cult and its historical, sociological, and psychoanalytical role in the culture of South Asia. A well-known...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0226616029
ISBN13:9780226616025
Release Date:January 1984
Publisher:University of Chicago Press
Length:648 Pages
Weight:2.84 lbs.
Dimensions:1.6" x 7.1" x 9.8"
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