Narratives of Place and the Making of Hinduism in Nepal
by
Jessica Vantine Birkenholtz
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2018
Reciting the Goddess presents the first critical study of the Svasthanivratakatha (SVK), a sixteenth-century Hindu narrative textual tradition. The extensive SVK manuscript tradition offers a rare opportunity to observe the making of a specific, distinct Hindu religious tradition. Jessica Vantine...