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040 _cCUS
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_bNAT/P
245 4 _aThe puranic world/
_benvironment gender ritual and myth
_cNath,Vijay
260 _aDelhi:
_bManohar,
_c2009.
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505 _aPART I: INTRODUCTION 1. The Material Milieu of Puranic Hinduism 2. Environmental Issues and Ecological Concerns: The Puranic Approach PART II: GENDER DIFFERENTIATION 3. Women as Property and their Right to Inherit Property 4. Gender Differentiation or Gender Parity: In the Light of the Matsya and the Mdrkandeya Purdnas PART III: RITUALS 5. Brahmanical Rituals: The Changing Paradigm 6. Malidddna: Dynamics of Gift Economy 7. Tirtha: Instrument of Acculturation? 8. Puranic Tirthas: Their Indigenous Origins and Transformation PART IV: MYTH 9. King Vena. Nisada and Prthu: A Recurrent Puranic Myth Re-examined
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