05185cam a2200577Mu 4500001001300000003000600013005001700019006001900036007001500055008004100070040004400111019001500155020001500170020003600185020001800221020001500239035001900254035004100273050003000314072002500344082001700369049000900386100002000395245009500415260005700510300003100567490003300598500005200631505060800683505061001291505062601901505061502527505066303142500003103805590009703836600002703933650005103960650003204011650004504043655002204088700001804110700003004128776016804158830003404326856010604360938004204466938004104508938002904549994001204578999001704590on1047900562OCoLC20200709060619.0m        d        cr cnu---unuuu180804s2018    xx      o     000 0 eng d  aEBLCPbengcEBLCPdYDXdOCLCOdUABdN$T  a1047773793  a1438470711  a9781438470719q(electronic bk.)  z9781438470696  z143847069X  a1854784b(N$T)  a(OCoLC)1047900562z(OCoLC)1047773793 4aBL1239.82.D87b.N564 2018 7aRELx0170002bisacsh04a294.5/36223  aMAIN1 aSimmons, Caleb.10aNine Nights of the Goddessh[electronic resource] :bThe Navaratri Festival in South Asia.  aAlbany :bState University of New York Press,c2018.  a1 online resource (376 p.)1 aSUNY Series in Hindu Studies  aDescription based upon print version of record.0 aIntro; Contents; List of Figures and Tables; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Movements of Navarātri; Navarātri, Its Textual History and Its Controversies; The Early Sanskrit Textual History of Navarātri; Contemporary Debates about Navarātri and Hegemonic Culture; Movements of Navarātri, Public and Domestic; Form and Layout of the Book; Notes; References; Navarātri in the Court; 1. The Splendor of the Sun: Brightening the Bridge between Mārkaṇḍeya Purāṇa and Devī Māhātmya in Light of Navarātri Ritual Timing; The Splendor of the Sun; Equine Exegesis; Notes; Bibliography8 a2. Which Durgā? What Navarātra? Remarks on Reconfigurations of Royal Rituals in the Kathmandu ValleyNavarātra in Royal Nepal; The Ritual Procedures; The Goddesses Worshipped; Conclusion; Appendix: Consulted Handbooks on Royal Navarātra of the Malla Period; Notes; References; 3. The King and the Yadu Line: Performing Lineage through Dasara in Nineteenth-Century Mysore; Historical Context; Corona visibilis et invisibilis; Performing Yadu Vaṃṣa and the Reign of Kṛṣṇarāja Woḍeyar III; Śrīman Mahārājavara Vaṃśāvaḷi; Raṅgamahal Murals; Conclusion; Notes; References8 a4. Dasara and the Selective Decline of Sacrificial Polity in a Former Princely State of OdishaDasara and Goddesses in Bonai; Goddesses in and around the Fort and the Raja's Swords; Kant Debī (Kant Kumārī) as Allied/Visiting Goddess; Dasara Ritual Complex in Bonaigarh; Dasara Rituals and Ritual Specialists in the Royal Chronicles and in Contemporary Bonaigarh; Changing Fort Rituals, Decline and an Increasingly Popular Goddess, Kant Debī; Durgā Pūjā: A Challenge to Royal Rituals; Conclusion; Notes; References; Navarātri on Display; 5. Politics, Religion, and Art in the Durgā Pūjā of West Bengal8 aThe Goddess and the Government: Three Case StudiesPolitical Power as Sákti: The Female Leader as Durgā; Molding the Body of the Goddess: The Minister as Artist; Bringing the Goddess to Life: Public Consecration Rituals by the Minister; Between Money, Power, and the Community; The Blue and White State of Relentless Festivity; Conclusion; Notes; References; 6. Durgā Pūjā Committees: Community Origin and Transformed Mediatized Practices Employing Social Media; Community Aspects in the History of Durgā Pūjā and the Origins of Durgā Pūjā Committees; Mediatization and Mediatized Religion8 aThe Durgā Pūjā Committee Mulund, Mumbai, and Its Mediatized PracticesConclusion; Notes; References; Digital Media Sources; 7. Navarātri in Benares: Narrative Structures and Social Realities; Royal and Military Background; Narratives of the Goddess and Rāma; Power and Performance in the Rām Līlā; Emergence of Durgā Pūjā; Durgā Pūjā and Innovation; Attempts to Curb Durgā Pūjā; Final Thoughts; Notes; Bibliography; 8. Dolls and Demons: The Materiality of Navarātri; Background; Domestic Navarātri; Material Aspects of the Kolu; Navarātri in the Kāmākṣī Temple; Navarātri in the Paṭavēṭṭammaṉ Temple  aMateriality of the Goddess  aAdded to collection customer.56279.3 - Master record variable field(s) change: 072, 600, 65000aDurgāc(Hindu deity) 0aDurgā-pūjā (Hindu festival)zSouth Asia. 0aFasts and feastsxHinduism. 7aRELIGION / Comparative Religion2bisacsh 4aElectronic books.1 aSen, Moumita.1 aRodrigues, Hillary Peter.08iPrint version:aSimmons, CalebtNine Nights of the Goddess : The Navaratri Festival in South AsiadAlbany : State University of New York Press,c2018z9781438470696 0aSUNY series in Hindu studies.403EBSCOhostuhttp://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=1854784  aEBL - Ebook LibrarybEBLBnEBL5473310  aYBP Library ServicesbYANKn15623502  aEBSCOhostbEBSCn1854784  a92bN$T  c57635d57635