Two tantric rituals in an untouchable community in Rajasthan Two secret rituals practised by members of an untouchable caste of Rajasthan are described here. Known as "kundā panth", they are closely related to tantrism, in particular to practices observed among some ascetics of the "Nāth" sect and the so called "Shākta", worshippers of the Goddess. One of these rites also shows a number of similarities with the "ghat-pāth" ceremony traditionnally practised by Nizari Isma'ilis in the Indian subcontinent. For the latter, as for the untouchable Hindus, the ritual culminates when all followers partake of consecrated water respectively called "pāval" and "pāyal". The aim is to bring closely together the members of the community regardless of t...
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Two tantric rituals in an untouchable community in Rajasthan Two secret rituals practised by membe...
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The text concerns the Tantric traditions of India, especially the South Indian Vaiṣṇava Pāñcarātra. ...
The text concerns the Tantric traditions of India, especially the South Indian Vaiṣṇava Pāñcarātra. ...
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Divinisation rituals establishing oneness between practitioners and divinities are common across Tan...
Cette thèse de doctorat porte sur les pratiques religieuses des Sora, un groupe tribal du centre-est...
Hindu temples et priests of the Goddess A study of the present situation of brahmin priests in a H...
The area stretching from Tawang to the Nafra Circle in India, through the high mountain passes of th...
This chapter examines the history of the agnihotra in the Kathmandu valley. This ritual is Vedic, bu...
Two tantric rituals in an untouchable community in Rajasthan Two secret rituals practised by membe...
It is a well-known fact that Kerala inherited a distinct temple ritual cult. Broadly this can be div...
The text concerns the Tantric traditions of India, especially the South Indian Vaiṣṇava Pāñcarātra. ...
The text concerns the Tantric traditions of India, especially the South Indian Vaiṣṇava Pāñcarātra. ...
The ismaili origin of the hindu cult of Rāmdeo Pīr The cult of the Hindu deity Rāmdeo is now very ...
Cette thèse, consacrée aux pratiques religieuses des femmes hindoues du Rajasthan, porte sur les obs...
In religious and secular spaces, rituals structure time and place, distinguish the special from the ...
Most models on the origins of tantrism have been either inattentive to or dismissive of non-literate...
Indic rites of purification aim to negate the law of karma by removing the residues of malignant pas...
Deux sectes principales, sampradāya, regroupent l’ensemble des hindous du Bengale, hormis des lignée...
Divinisation rituals establishing oneness between practitioners and divinities are common across Tan...
Cette thèse de doctorat porte sur les pratiques religieuses des Sora, un groupe tribal du centre-est...
Hindu temples et priests of the Goddess A study of the present situation of brahmin priests in a H...
The area stretching from Tawang to the Nafra Circle in India, through the high mountain passes of th...
This chapter examines the history of the agnihotra in the Kathmandu valley. This ritual is Vedic, bu...