Isbn: 9788198748430 - serpent lore of the western himalayan region (1 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: New. The earlier book -- Naga Cult & Traditions -- published in 2004 became unavailable within a few months. Since then, there had been a constant demand among the academicians, and readers. That forced me to go deeper in the field on this subject. Thus, a deeper and wide-ranging fieldwork and research was undertaken on the various aspects of this mysterious theme, covering once again the entire expanse of the Western Himalayan region right from Kashmir to Uttarakhand. Besides, to study as to how the various aspects of the serpent cults, beliefs, mystic rituals and the sanguinary practices associated with this cult found roots among the native inhabitants and the ruling houses in the Western Himalayan region was undertaken. Based on that unexplored data, the subject was taken up afresh in logical and vivid manner. The field data discovered afresh about the folklore and rituals associated with the serpent cults and mystic practices, which forms a very important part of the present study, which forms a very important part of this study. The traditional belief systems that and the socioeconomic practices associated with the serpent lore should have been responsible for the fusion of indigenous Rudra and serpent-based cults, but all those have now been forgotten. Most of those cultic practices have are now almost lost, but still faintly survive among the elderly people. Attempt has been made to deeply discover those. Besides, the beliefs, rituals and folklore associated with the serpent cults have been discovered and elaborately explained in a lucid diction. The present volume Serpent Lore of the Western Himalayan Region -- is a thoroughly investigated and analysed study. It is spread in 10 chapters as follows: (1) Geophysical Setting (2) Socio-cultural Backdrop (3) Geneses and Proliferation of Serpent Cults (4) The Serpents of Aquatic Sphere (5) The Serpents of Terrestrial Sphere (6) Serpent as the Lord of Weather (7) The Serpents of Lower Kinnaur (8.) Serpent as a Terrific God (9) Serpent as the Patron God (10) Gugga as the Anthropomorphized Hero. Besides, the book contains four Appendices containing useful information for the researchers and readers.…