Purity and Auspiciousness in Indian SocietyJohn Braisted Carman, Frédérique Apffel Marglin |
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ancestors Arjuna ascetic associated auspicious and inauspicious auspicious/inauspicious auspiciousness and purity bhikkhu birth body Brahman Brāhmaṇas Buddhist Carman caste ceremony concept concerned context Coorgs cosmic cultural daitās death deities Delhi devadasis dharma dichotomy disguise distinction divine domains Draupadi Dumont encompassed epics festival forest Frédérique garments goddess gods hair hierarchy Hiltebeitel Hindu holy householder human images impure India Jagannatha Jaina kāla kāma Kashmiri Brahmans Khare king Kṣatriya Lakṣmi Lord M. N. Srinivas Madan Mahābhārata Mahāvīra mangala Marglin marriage moksha monkeys Naba Kalebara notion omens opposition Orissa performed pollution portents prapatti priest pure pure/impure Puri purification purity and auspiciousness Rāma Rāmānuja Rāmāyaṇa realm relation religion renouncer rites ritual royal sacred sacrifice Sanskrit sattva significant Sītā social society Śrī Srinivas Śrīvaiṣṇava status structure subha suddha sumangali symbolic Tambiah temple servants tion translated tribal University Press Uttar Uttarā VDHP Veena Veena Das village Visuddhimagga well-being word worship