Sandalwood and carrion : smell in premodern Indian religion and culture
McHugh, JamesAuthor
Oxford : Oxford University Press,
2013.
James McHugh offers the first comprehensive examination of the concepts and practices related to smell in pre-modern India. Drawing on a wide range of textual sources, from poetry to medical texts, he shows the deeply significant religious and cultural role of smell in India throughout the first millennium CE.
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
James McHugh offers the first comprehensive examination of the concepts and practices related to smell in pre-modern India. Drawing on a wide range of textual sources, from poetry to medical texts, he shows the deeply significant religious and cultural role of smell in India throughout the first millennium CE.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on Nov. 13, 2012).
Rites and ceremonies
Smell
Smell
Odors
Religion
Philosophy & Religion
Eastern Religions