The Cult of the Goddess Pattini by Gananath Obeyesekere
The Cult of the Goddess Pattini

Gananath Obeyesekere

The Cult of the Goddess Pattini

Gananath Obeyesekere

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Pattini—goddess, virgin, wife, and mother; folk deity of Sinhala Buddhists and Jains; and assimilated goddess of the Hindu pantheon—has been worshiped in Sri Lanka and South India for fifteen hundred years or more, as she still is today. This long...

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