From Vedic altar to village shrine
Subtitle: towards an interface between Indology and anthropology
By: edited by Yasuhiko Nagano, Yasuke Ikari.
Contributors: Nagano, Yasuhiko.; Ikari, Yasuke.
Series: Senri ethnological studies -- no. 36; Senri ethnological studies -- no. 36.
Publisher: National Museum of Ethnology
Published: 1993
Place of publication: Osaka
Language: eng
Number of pages: 320
Subjects: Hinduism -- India; India -- Religious life and customs
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.

"Gift, July 2005"
Table of contents: title: A perspective on India's composite culture / Yasuhiko Nagano; title: Regional variations in the marriage network and dowry system / Paul P. Karan and Shigeru Iijima; title: Seasons, rituals and society: the culture and society of Mithila, the Parbate Hindus and the Newars as seen through a comparison of their annual rites / Hiroshi Ishii; title: Why are Brahman temple priests highest in the caste hierarchy?: a case of Chidambaram Nataraja Temple, South India / Masakazu Tanaka; title: The belief world of the Tamils as seen in their "village gods" / Yasumasa Sekine; title: Aspects of the evolution and cultural integration of Hinduism: the case of a Purana from Kashimir / Yasuke Ikari; title: Changes in Hindu ritual / Shingo Einoo; title: Homa in Vedic ritual / Musashi Tachikawa; title: The forms and functions of the Aiyanar Temple complex: a preliminary study on the cult of male godlings in rural Tamil Nadu / Hiroshi Yamashita; title: The birth of the rice spirit / Keiji Iwata.