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Gananath Obeyesekere
648 pages • missing pub info (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780226616025
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
Publication date: Not specified
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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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Gananath Obeyesekere
648 pages • missing pub info (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780226616025
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
Publication date: Not specified
Description
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...