Living Banaras : Hindu religion in cultural context /
Hertel, Bradley R.,1943-
Humes, Cynthia Ann,1958-
Good, Anthony,former owner.StEdNL
Albany : State University of New York Press,
[1993]
Includes bibliographical references ([297]-307) and index.
Crossing the water: pilgrimage, movement, and environmental scenography of the Ramlila of Ramnagar / Richard Schechner -- Staring at frames till they turn into loops: an excursion through some worlds of Tulsidas / Linda Hess -- What's taking place: neighborhood Ramlilas in Banaras / Thomas Parkhill -- Hanuman and the moral physique of the Banarsi Wrestler / Joseph S. Alter -- Religious division and the mythology of the past / Mary Searle-Chatterjee -- The monastic structure of Banarsi Dandi Sadhus / Dana W. Sawyer -- The Goddess of the Vindhyas in Banaras / Cynthia Ann Humes -- Lolark Kung: Sun and Shiva Worship in the City of Light / Ratnesh K. Pathak and Cynthia Ann Humes -- Language choice, religion, and identity in the Banarsi Community / Beth Simon -- The thirty-one-day program of the Ramnagar Ramlila -- An encapsulation of the Ramcharitmanas by Tulsidas --Major characters of the Ramayana.
Inscription on half-title page: Anthony Good, Edinburgh, Feb. 1997.
Hinduism