Hanuman's Tale: The Messages of a Divine Monkey - Couverture rigide

Lutgendorf, Philip

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0195309219 ISBN 13 : 9780195309218

Editeur : Oxford University Press Inc, 2007

Synopsis

Hanuman, the Hindu monkey-god, is best known in the west for his role in the epic Ramayana, in which, as the devoted servant of Rama, the tale's hero, he leads a ferocious monkey army to help defeat the evil Ravana and rescue Rama's wife Sita. Philip Lutgendorf examines Hindu popular literature, art, and ritual, and shows that Hanuman is perhaps the most beloved deity in the Hindu pantheon. Drawing on an enormous treasure trove of previously untapped sources that he has gathered through years of fieldwork, as well as on interviews with devotees, he traces the history of Hanuman's character, teases out the many variations on the story, and examines the sources of his enormous appeal.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Philip Lutgendorf is Professor of Hindi and Modern Indian Studies at the University of Iowa. He is the author of The Life of a Text: Performing the Ramcaritmanas of Tulsidas

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Oxford University Press Inc
• Date d'édition: 2007
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0195309219
• ISBN 13: 9780195309218
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 448
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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