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100	1		_aRaj, Selva J.
245	1	0	_aDealing with Deities : _bThe Ritual Vow in South Asia.
250			_a1st ed.
264		1	_aAlbany : _bState University of New York Press, _c2006.
264		4	_c©2012.
300			_a1 online resource (310 pages)
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
505	0		_aIntro -- Dealing with Deities -- Contents -- Maps and Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Sites Associated with Ritual Vows -- 1. Introduction: The Deal with Deities-Ways Vows Work in South Asia -- 2. "The Vow": A Short Story -- I. Getting What You Want -- 3. Negotiating Relationships with the Goddess -- 4. Shared Vows, Shared Space, and Shared Deities: Vow Rituals among Tamil Catholics in South India -- 5. Religious Vows at the Shrine of Shahul Hamid -- 6. In the Company of Pirs:Making Vows, Receiving Favors at Bangladeshi Sufi Shrines -- 7. Bara: Buddhist Vows at Kataragama -- 8. Performing Vows in Diasporic Contexts:Tamil Hindus, Temples,and Goddesses in Germany -- II. Getting What You Need -- 9. Singing a Vow: Devoting Oneselfto Shiva through Song -- 10. Monastic Vows and the Ramananda Sampraday -- 11. Negotiating Karma, Merit, and Liberation:Vow-taking in the Jain Tradition -- 12. Vows in the Sikh Tradition -- III. Getting Nothing At All -- 13. When Vows Fail to Deliver What They Promise:The Case of Shyamavati -- 14. Two Critiques of Women's Vows -- IV. Conclusion: Some Promising Possibilities -- 15. Toward a Typology of South Asian Lay Vows -- Glossary -- Contributors -- Appendix: Essays Arranged According to Tradition -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.
520			_aExplores the practice of taking ritual vows in South Asia, a lay tradition prevalent in the region's religions.
588			_aDescription based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
590			_aElectronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
655		4	_aElectronic books.
700	1		_aHarman, William P.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _aRaj, Selva J. _tDealing with Deities _dAlbany : State University of New York Press,c2006 _z9780791467077
797	2		_aProQuest (Firm)
856	4	0	_uhttps://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=3407820 _zClick to View
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