India and Beyond. Aspects of Literature, Meaning, Ritual and Thought. Essays in Honour of Frits Staal.

Meij, Dick van der (Editor):

ISBN 10: 0710306024 / ISBN 13: 9780710306029

Published by London and New York, Kegan Paul International; and International Institute for Asian Studies, Leiden and Amsterdam, [1997].

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[13], 696 p., 8°, O-Hardcover with Jacket (= Studies from the Intaernational Institute for Asian Studies Leiden and Amsterdam. Edited by Paul van der Velde). - From the contents: Victor A. van Bijlert: Awakening and its Imagery in Tagore's Early Religious Poetry; J. G. de Casparis: Hindu Revival in Fifteenth-Century Java; Wendy Doniger: Myths of Transsexual Masquerades in Ancient India; David M. Knipe: Become a Veda in the Godavari Delta; Klaus Mylius: Wo lag der Astava?; Bibliography Frits Saal etc. etc. - Good to very good copy.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: India and Beyond. Aspects of Literature, Meaning, Ritual and Thought. Essays in Honour of Frits Staal.
• Publisher: London and New York, Kegan Paul International; and International Institute for Asian Studies, Leiden and Amsterdam, [1997].
• ISBN 10: 0710306024
• ISBN 13: 9780710306029
• Seller catalogs:
  • Östliche Philosophie, Mystik, Religion

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Contributors address a variety of topics, from ancestral worship to transsexual masquerades, from metrical verse in the psalms to temples, poetic expression and linguistic performances. They bespeak the unique characteristics of Frits Staal and his ability to break down barriers between academic disciplines.

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