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PublisherUniversity of Chicago Press

ISBN-100226616029

ISBN-139780226616025

eBay Product ID (ePID)77510

Product Key Features

Number of Pages648 Pages

Publication NameCult of the Goddess Pattini

LanguageEnglish

SubjectHinduism / General, General, Cults

Publication Year1984

TypeTextbook

AuthorGananath Obeyesekere

Subject AreaReligion, Body, Mind & Spirit

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height0.6 in

Item Weight45.4 Oz

Item Length9.9 in

Item Width7.1 in

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Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

LCCN83-005884

TitleLeadingThe

Dewey Edition19

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal294.3/4211

Table Of ContentPreface Part One 1. Introducing the Pattini Cult The Region in Historical Perspective The Western, Southern, and Sabaragamuva Provinces The Central Province: Kandyan Kingdom The Priest of the Pattini Cult TheKapurala: Priest or Shaman? Impurity and Pollution Personality and Priesthood Personality and Priesthood: The Case of X The Decline of the TraditionalKapurala The Textual Tradition The Ritual Institutionalization of the Pattini Cult The Deities of the Pattini Cult The Concept of the Four Gods and Four Shrines The Lesser Gods Deities of Intermediate Status Demons and Evil Spirits Planetary Deities The Pattini Cult as a Medical System Fire Trampling and Water Cutting: Metamedical Meaning The Goddess of Heat: The Rituals of the East Coast Hindus and Buddhists The Larger ConceptofDosa, "Faults" The Classification ofDosa Karma Dosa: Misfortunes from Karma The Cure and Extirpation ofDosa The Audience as Congregation 2. The Assembly of the Gods The Interaction of the Three Worlds The Gods as Kings The Buddha as World Ruler The Integration of the Pantheon The Nature of the Deities Deference and Propitiation The Internal Dynamics of the Pantheon Part Two 3. The Consecration (Pe) of the Gammaduva Hakgedi Pujava: Conch Offering Pahan Pujava: Offering of Lights Dalumura Pujava: Offering of Betel Leaves Magul Kapa Hitavima: Planting of the Festival Bough Planting of the Torch of Time (Kala Pandama) for Visnu Ritual Texts Texts of thePahan Pujava: Offering of Lights Text 1 - Song for the Gods Texts of theDalumura Pujava: Offering of Betel Leaves Text 2 - Songs for the Gods of the Four Warrants and Other Deities Texts of the Plantings of the Festival Bough Text 3 - TheKannalavva, or Plaint, Chanted by the ChiefKapurala Commentary on Text 3: TheKannalavva, or Plaint Text 4 -Madupuraya: Hall and City, orMadu Upata: Birth of theMaduva(Hall) Commentary on Text 4: "The Birth of the Hall" Text 5 - Miscellaneous Songs Texts of the Ritual of the Torch of Time Text 6 -Yadinna, or Invocation to Visnu Commentary on Text 6: The Invocation of Visnu 4. The Main Ceremony Biso Kapa Hitavima: Planting of theBiso Kapa Sanda Samayama: Evening Demon Time Sangala Pe Kirima: Consecration of the Priest's Robe Pahan Pujava: Offering of Lights for the Gods Kala Pandama: The Torch of Time The Myth of the Birth of Kurumbara, Devol Deviyo, and Skanda (Kataragama) Toran Yagaya: Ritual of the Ceremonial Archway Dalumura Pujava: Offering of Betel Leaves Devabharana Vadamavima: Divine Ornaments Ceremonially Brought Forth Text 15 - The Anklets Ceremonially Brought Forth Text 16 -Sat Pattini Kavi: Songs of Seven Pattini Text 17 - Entry of the Goddess Seven Pattini Text 18 - Offerings Made to the Divine Ornaments The Drummers Perform in Honor of Pattini Telme: The Dance of the Lights Salamba SantiyaorDevinan Tevaya Kirima: Blessings of the Anklet or Service of the Divine Ornaments Text 20 -Salamba Santiya: Blessings of the Anklet Text 21 -Salu Salma: Shawl Fanning Text 22 -Sirasapada: Head-to-Foot Verses Sanniyakunta Mahajame Pidavilla: Oblation to the Sanni Demons at the Main Watc

SynopsisPattini--goddess, virgin, wife, and mother; folk deity of Sinhala Buddhists and Jains; and assimilated goddess of the Hindu pantheon--has been worshiped in Sri Lanka and South India for fifteen hundred years or more, as she still is today. This long-awaited book is the culmination of Gananath Obeyesekere's comprehensive study of the Pattini cult and its historical, sociological, and psychoanalytical role in the culture of South Asia. A well-known anthropologist and a native of Sri Lanka, Obeyesekere displays his impeccable scholarship and a stunning range of theoretical perspectives in this work, the most detailed analysis of a single religious complex in South Asian ethnography (and possibly in all of anthropology)., Pattini goddess, virgin, wife, and mother; folk deity of Sinhala Buddhists and Jains; and assimilated goddess of the Hindu pantheon has been worshiped in Sri Lanka and South India for fifteen hundred years or more, as she still is today. This long-awaited book is the culmination of Gananath Obeyesekere's comprehensive study of the Pattini cult and its historical, sociological, and psychoanalytical role in the culture of South Asia. A well-known anthropologist and a native of Sri Lanka, Obeyesekere displays his impeccable scholarship and a stunning range of theoretical perspectives in this work, the most detailed analysis of a single religious complex in South Asian ethnography (and possibly in all of anthropology)."

LC Classification NumberBQ4835.P/