The Goddess’s Embrace: Multifaceted Relations at the Ekāmranātha Temple Festival in Kanchipuram

Cover -- Title Page -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Notes on Transliteration and Translation -- Abbreviations -- Figures and Tables -- Introduction -- 1 The Ekāmranātha Temple -- 1.1 Kanchipuram -- 1.2 Entering the Ekāmranātha temple -- 1.3 Ekāmranātha's central myth, divine symbols and name...

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Main Author: Schier, Kerstin (Author)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
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Published: Wiesbaden Harrassowitz Verlag 2019
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Edition:1st ed
Series/Journal:Ethno-Indology / Heidelberg Studies in South Asia Rituals v.15
Ethno-Indology / Heidelberg Studies in South Asia Rituals v.15
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Parallel Edition:Print version: Schier, Kerstin: The Goddess’s Embrace : Multifaceted Relations at the Ekāmranātha Temple Festival in Kanchipuram. - Wiesbaden : Harrassowitz Verlag,c2019. - 9783447111348

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