Popular religion and ascetic practices : new studies on Mahimā Dharma
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Popular religion and ascetic practices : new studies on Mahimā Dharma
Manohar, 2008
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  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Studies in Orissan Society, Culture and History Series 8 This volume brings together new research by Indian and German scholars on Mahima Dharma of Orissa. It combines anthropological insights, historical research and textual analyses to offer a wide variety of perspectives on this popular yet relatively unknown religion: perspectives which have taken shape in field experience in Orissa and research in Germany. Starting with an essay by Anncharlott Eschmann, whose pioneering work in the last century had kindled academic interest in the Dharma, this book blends current investigations of different hues and textures in order to provide a nuanced and detailed account of this multi-dimensional religious order in the different phases of its evolution. Apart from diverse assessments of the life and works of the radical poet Bhima Bhoi, it also include translations from his important works of Bhima Bhoi and Biswanath Baba, crucial records of the archives and unpublished letters and photos of Eschmann.
Needless to say, this volume will cater to a readership interested in the anthropology, sociology, philosophy and history of religions but also to people who are attached to the land of Orissa, its rich culture and the Dharma itself.
Table of Contents
- Introduction
- Mahima Dharma & Tradition
- Translocal Rituals of Mahima Dharma: The Fire & the Prayer
- Mahima Gosain: Compiling a Hagiography
- Apocalyptic Predictions, Prophecies, & a New Beginning: Mahima Dharma & the Arrival of the Satyayuga
- A Note on the Mystic Poetry of Bhima Bhoi
- The Guru in Bhima Bhoi's Stuticintamani
- Ascetic, Layman, or Rebellious Guru?: Bhima Bhoi andhis Femal Consorts
- Tantric Elements in Bhima Bhoi's Oeuvre
- Institutionalization of Mahima Samaja
- Changing Contours of Mahima Dharma: Bhima Bhoi & Biswanath Baba
- Appendices
- Index.
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