The Sacred Town of Sankhu - Bal Gopal Shrestha

The Sacred Town of Sankhu

The Anthropology of Newar Ritual, Religion and Society in Nepal
Buch | Softcover
619 Seiten
2013 | Unabridged edition
Cambridge Scholars Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-4438-4910-4 (ISBN)
43,60 inkl. MwSt
This book presents a detailed view of Newar society and culture, and its socio-economic, socio-religious and ritual aspects, concentrating on the Newar town of Sankhu in the Valley of Nepal. The foundation of the town of Sankhu is attributed to the goddess Vajrayoginī, venerated by both Buddhists and Hindus in Nepal and beyond. Myths, history, and topographical details of the town and the sanctuary of the goddess Vajrayoginī and her cult are discussed on the basis of published sources, unpublished chronicles, and inscriptions.The book deals with the relation between Hinduism and Buddhism, with the interrelations between the Newar castes (jāt), caste-bound associations (sī guthi), and above all with the numerous socio-religious associations (guthi) that uphold ritual life of the Newars. All major and minor Newar feasts, festivals, dances, fasts and processions of gods and goddesses are discussed.

Dr Bal Gopal Shrestha is a Research Fellow at the University of Oxford, UK. He taught Politics of South and Southeast Asia at the University of Leiden (2006–07). He made the award-winning ethnographic documentary Sacrifice of Serpents: The Festival of Indrayani, Kathmandu 1992/94 (Leiden, 1997) together with the late Bert van den Hoek and Dirk J. Nijland. He has conducted fieldwork in Nepal, India, the UK and Belgium, and has published widely on Nepalese religious rituals, Hinduism, Buddhism, ethnic nationalism, the Maoist movement, and political development in Nepal.

Erscheint lt. Verlag 7.8.2013
Verlagsort Newcastle upon Tyne
Sprache englisch
Maße 148 x 212 mm
Themenwelt Geisteswissenschaften Religion / Theologie Buddhismus
Geisteswissenschaften Religion / Theologie Hinduismus
Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie
Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie
ISBN-10 1-4438-4910-3 / 1443849103
ISBN-13 978-1-4438-4910-4 / 9781443849104
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