Seven Days of Nectar: Contemporary Oral Performance of the Bhagavatapurana
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1st ed.
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9788120840096
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248p.
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This book is a marvelous contribution to scholarship on the neglected Bhagavatapurana and its traditions. In lucid prose, the author shows us how the text is recited over a seven day period and the importance of such recitation for the contemporary Hindu audience in India and abroad. This is an excellent book for all interested in the history of Hinduism and the ways in which the old traditions are still maintained; an engaging and well written book." - ...