Samskara: A Rite for a Dead Man

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U. R. Anantha Murthy

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ISBN 10: 0195623886 ISBN 13: 9780195623888

Published by Oxford University Press, 1976

Language: English

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First Edition Thus. Published by Oxford University Press, 1976. Octavo. Paperback. Book is very good. Spotting along page ends. Has sticker on back cover.

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Title: Samskara: A Rite for a Dead Man
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Publication Date: 1976
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0195623886
ISBN 13: 9780195623888
Binding: Paperback
Edition: FIRST THUS.
Condition: Very Good

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Is both a religious novel (about a decaying Brahmin colony in a south Indian village) and a contemporary poetic reworking of ancient Hindu themes and myths. Its central event is a death, which brings in its wake a plague, moral chaos, and a rebirth.

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U. R. Anantha Murthy is a well-known Indian novelist.
A. K. Ramanujan is William E. Colvin Professor in the Departments of South Asian Languages and Civilizations and of Linguistics at the University of Chicago. He is the author of many books, including The Striders and several other volumes of verse in English and Kannada.

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