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020			_a9780195150193 (hb.)
082			_a398.20954401 _bMAL
100			_aMalik, Aditya _91390
245			_aNectar gaze and poison breath : _ban analysis and translation of the Rajasthani oral narrative of Devnarayan
260			_aNew York _bOxford University Press _c2005
300			_axxv, 548p.,
440			_asouth asia reseach _95967
520			_aThis book offers a detailed study of the Devnarayan ki par, along with the first English translation of this well-known Rajasthani oral narrative. The tale of the god Devnarayan is performed by itinerant singer-priests during night-wakes in front of a very large painted scroll depicting characters and scenes from the story. It is the focus of one of the most popular folk cults of the Rajasthan region of India. Aditya Malik uses the narrative to explore a range of questions relevant to the study of Indian folk culture and Hinduism as a whole: How is orality conceptualized and practiced? What is the relationship between spoken and visual signs? How are ideas about religion, society, and history envisioned within the framework of the narrative? Malik argues that to understand ideas of history in Indian cultural contexts we must go to oral narratives, epics, regional tellings, and local knowledge. By making the Narrative of Devnarayan available in English, he provides an important resource for that task.
650			_aEpic poetry, Rajasthani _95968
650			_aFolk poetry, Indic _95969
650			_aDevanārāyana (Hindu deity) _9696
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