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The Domain of Constant Excess : Plural Worship at the Munnesvaram Temples in Sri Lanka.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York, NY : Berghahn Books, Incorporated, 2002Copyright date: ©2002Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (256 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781789203677
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: The Domain of Constant ExcessDDC classification:
  • 294.5/35/095493
LOC classification:
  • BL1243.78.S72 D66 20
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- The Domain of Constant Excess -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of Figures and Table -- List of Photographs -- Acknowledgements -- Guide to Pronunciation -- Glossary -- Chapter 1. Worship, Difference and Marvellous Potentiality -- Chapter 2. Fluidity and Ambiguity in the History of Munnesvaram -- Chapter 3. Myths and Marginality -- Chapter 4. Ritual Practices and Religious Identity -- Chapter 5. The Saivite Temple as a Monumental Architecture -- Chapter 6. 'The Look and the Thing Seen': Puja and Arccanai -- Chapter 7. The Presence of Sakti -- Chapter 8. Guardians, Games and the Formation of Power -- Chapter 9. The World Inside Out -- Chapter 10. The Domain of Excess -- Chapter 11: Divine Kings and Regal Gods: Temples in Society and History -- References -- Index.
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Intro -- The Domain of Constant Excess -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of Figures and Table -- List of Photographs -- Acknowledgements -- Guide to Pronunciation -- Glossary -- Chapter 1. Worship, Difference and Marvellous Potentiality -- Chapter 2. Fluidity and Ambiguity in the History of Munnesvaram -- Chapter 3. Myths and Marginality -- Chapter 4. Ritual Practices and Religious Identity -- Chapter 5. The Saivite Temple as a Monumental Architecture -- Chapter 6. 'The Look and the Thing Seen': Puja and Arccanai -- Chapter 7. The Presence of Sakti -- Chapter 8. Guardians, Games and the Formation of Power -- Chapter 9. The World Inside Out -- Chapter 10. The Domain of Excess -- Chapter 11: Divine Kings and Regal Gods: Temples in Society and History -- References -- Index.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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