Essays on Indian Folk Life and Culture with Special Reference to Bengal
Title | Essays on Indian Folk Life and Culture with Special Reference to Bengal PDF eBook |
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Pages | 184 |
Release | 2017 |
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ISBN | 9789381209387 |
Folk Arts and Crafts of Bengal
Title | Folk Arts and Crafts of Bengal PDF eBook |
Author | Gurusadaẏa Datta |
Publisher | |
Pages | 232 |
Release | 1990 |
Genre | Art |
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Essays in Indian Folk Traditions
Title | Essays in Indian Folk Traditions PDF eBook |
Author | Ved Prakash Vatuk |
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Pages | 512 |
Release | 2007 |
Genre | Folk literature |
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Kinship and Ritual in Bengal
Title | Kinship and Ritual in Bengal PDF eBook |
Author | Lina Fruzzetti |
Publisher | New Delhi : South Asian Publishers |
Pages | 276 |
Release | 1984 |
Genre | Bengal (India) |
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Offering Flowers, Feeding Skulls
Title | Offering Flowers, Feeding Skulls PDF eBook |
Author | June McDaniel |
Publisher | Oxford University Press |
Pages | 367 |
Release | 2004-08-05 |
Genre | Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | 0195167902 |
In 'Offering Flowers, Feeding Skulls', June McDaniel provides an overview of Bengali goddess worship or Shakti. She identifies three major forms of goddess worship, and examines each through its myths, folklore, songs, rituals, sacred texts, and practitioners, tracing these strands through Bengali culture.
The Islamic Syncretistic Tradition in Bengal
Title | The Islamic Syncretistic Tradition in Bengal PDF eBook |
Author | Asim Roy |
Publisher | Princeton University Press |
Pages | 336 |
Release | 2014-07-14 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 1400856701 |
Asim Roy argues that Islam in Bengal was not a corruption of the "real" Middle Eastern Islam, as nineteenth-century reformers claimed, but a valid historical religion developed in an area totally different from the Middle East. Originally published in 1984. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
Folklore and Folklife in India ; an Objective Study in Indian Perspective
Title | Folklore and Folklife in India ; an Objective Study in Indian Perspective PDF eBook |
Author | Sankar Sen Gupta |
Publisher | Calcutta : Indian Publications |
Pages | 196 |
Release | 1975 |
Genre | Folklore |
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