Includes bibliographical references (pages 289-308) and index.
Contents:
Hinduisms and histories in Nepal -- The goddess of place, place of the goddess -- An unexpected archive: the Svasthanivratakatha -- The making of modern Hinduism in medieval Nepal -- A women's tradition -- Narratives of place.
Summary:
Reciting the Goddess is the first book-length study of Nepal's goddess Svasthani and the popular Svasthanivratakatha textual tradition. Drawing on archival and ethnographic research, it examines the making of Hinduism in Nepal, a history that is largely neglected in master narratives of Hinduism on the Indian subcontinent.
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