Title: Purity and auspiciousness in Indian society /
Authors: Carman, John Braisted.; Apffel-Marglin, Frédérique.
Publisher: E.J. Brill,
Year: 1985
Subjects: Religion and sociology India
Contents: Introduction / Frédérique Apffel Marglin -- Concerning the categories śuddha in Hindu culture : an exploratory essay / T.N. Madan -- Kings and omens / Ronald Inden -- Purity and auspiciousness in the Sanskrit epics / Alf Hiltebeitel -- The two levels of auspiciousness in Srĩvaisnava ritual and literature / Vasudha Narayanan -- Types of oppositions in Hindu culture / Frédérique Apffel Marglin -- The pure and the auspicious in the Jaina tradition / Padmanabh S. Jaini -- Purity and auspiciousness at the edge of the Hindu context : in the Theravāda Buddhist societies / Stanley J. Tambiah -- Conclusion : Axes of sacred value in Hindu Society / Johnn B. Carman.