1 vol. (405 p.) : ill. ; 30 cm ; Bibliogr. p. 315-345If in India astrology is primarily associated to Brahmins, in Tamil Nadu its most renowned specialists are the Vaḷḷuvar, members of a caste that was long considered as untouchable. Drawing upon fieldwork conducted between 2006 and 2008 in several districts of Tamil Nadu and in the Union Territory of Pondicherry, this thesis examines the hereditary occupation and professional identity of the Vaḷḷuvar astrologers in this region of South India. To that effect, this study is based on the exploration and analysis of the different professional skills of these astrologers which, combined together, create what is commonly called ‘the Vaḷḷuvar art of foretelling’. Throughout this thesis the posse...
Since the nineteenth century, Tamil Brahmans have been very well represented in the educated profess...
This work is a study of the royal ideology in Hindu India based on the case of the Pallavas (South I...
Catherine Clémentin-Ojha Being a Smārta brahmin today A few landmarks from an ethnographic survey in...
International audienceIn India, ever since the Vedic age, astrology has been the divination techniqu...
International audienceIn Tamil Nadu, like in other parts of the Indian subcontinent, seeing an astro...
Cette thèse décrit le travail des astrologues de Bénarès en intégrant le matériel ethnologique recue...
The object of this paper is to investigate the social and religious status of an astrologer at the r...
International audienceIn India, the traditional association of a jāti with its occupation is deeply ...
This article sets itself a goal to explore the early historical development of the traditional astro...
International audienceAstrology in India serves both religious and therapeutic aims. This Brahmanica...
International audienceSome Tamil astrologers, belonging to the Valluvar community, are well known th...
Like all divination, Hindu astrology (jyotisa) is concerned with central religious issues such as ma...
This article brings out a set of images of Indian dynasties cālukya, pallava, rāstrakûta and cola. ...
University of British ColumbiaThis article investigates varṇa as an embodied and spatialized social ...
Since the nineteenth century, Tamil Brahmans have been very well represented in the educated profess...
This work is a study of the royal ideology in Hindu India based on the case of the Pallavas (South I...
Catherine Clémentin-Ojha Being a Smārta brahmin today A few landmarks from an ethnographic survey in...
International audienceIn India, ever since the Vedic age, astrology has been the divination techniqu...
International audienceIn Tamil Nadu, like in other parts of the Indian subcontinent, seeing an astro...
Cette thèse décrit le travail des astrologues de Bénarès en intégrant le matériel ethnologique recue...
The object of this paper is to investigate the social and religious status of an astrologer at the r...
International audienceIn India, the traditional association of a jāti with its occupation is deeply ...
This article sets itself a goal to explore the early historical development of the traditional astro...
International audienceAstrology in India serves both religious and therapeutic aims. This Brahmanica...
International audienceSome Tamil astrologers, belonging to the Valluvar community, are well known th...
Like all divination, Hindu astrology (jyotisa) is concerned with central religious issues such as ma...
This article brings out a set of images of Indian dynasties cālukya, pallava, rāstrakûta and cola. ...
University of British ColumbiaThis article investigates varṇa as an embodied and spatialized social ...
Since the nineteenth century, Tamil Brahmans have been very well represented in the educated profess...
This work is a study of the royal ideology in Hindu India based on the case of the Pallavas (South I...
Catherine Clémentin-Ojha Being a Smārta brahmin today A few landmarks from an ethnographic survey in...