{"product_id":"the-puranic-world-environment-gender-ritual-and-myth-hardback-9788173048012","title":"The Puranic World; Environment Gender Ritual and Myth (Hardback) 9788173048012","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Puranic World\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eEnvironment Gender Ritual and Myth\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eVijay Nath (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9788173048012\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 20 November 2024\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e310 pages\u003cbr\u003e23 x 15 x 1.5 cm, 0.7 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eA collection of essays written at different points of time, and published in various reputed journals and books. What blends them together is the use of the primary source material in the form of a vast compendium of Pur?n_ic literature (backed by epigraphic, archaeological and anthropological data), which has been utilized to arrive at conclusions pertaining to changes in Indian society and religion during the later half of first millennium ad, when the major Pur?]nas were being compiled.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe period represents a watershed in Indian history, for it marked a transition from a commercially viable economic order to a closed feudal economy. The social and religious dimensions of the Brahmanical system were particularly impacted by such a transition resulting in some innovative forms of restructuring.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt has been the purpose behind most of the present articles to re-assess and utilize the available Pur?n_ic evidence for getting fresh insights into the rationale and precise nature of these changes. The key areas of thrust in these articles are changes in material culture, awareness, and mode of dealing with environmental issues, gender based differentiation, recent ritual formations, such as M?h?d?na and T?rthas, as well as the utilization of myth as a mode of expressing historical reality.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePreface 9 \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAbbreviations 17 \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePart I: Introduction \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eI. The Material Milieu of Puranic Hinduism 21 \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e2. Environmental Issues and Ecological Concerns: The Puranic Approach 44 \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePart II: Gender Differentiation \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e3. Women as Property and their Right to Inherit Property 73 \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e4. Gender Differentiation or Gender Parity: In the Light of the Matsya and the Mc7rkandeya Pw-anas 95 \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePart III: Rituals \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e5. Brahmanical Rituals: The Changing Paradigm 119 \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e6. Mahadana: Dynamics of Gift Economy 137 \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e7. Tirtha: Instrument of Acculturation? 166 \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e8. Puranic Tirthas: Their Indigenous Origins and Transformation 202 \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePart IV: Myth \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e9. King Vena, Nisada and Prthu: A Recurrent Puranic Myth Re-examined 253\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBibliography 271\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIndex 293\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Manohar Books","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52640519323928,"sku":"9788173048012","price":49.76,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-puranic-world-environment-gender-ritual-and-myth-hardback-9788173048012","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}