Hindu Kingship Rituals : : Power Relation and Historical Evolution /

Hindu Kingship Rituals : : Power Relation and Historical Evolution / / Nawaraj Chaulagain.

In recent decades, Nepal has witnessed a dramatic shift from its ancient form of Hindu kingship to a federal republican democratic secular order, with the official dissolution of monarchy in 2008. This study deals with the religious lives of the Śāh kings of Nepal, concentrating on such major ritual...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Asian Studies Contemporary Collection eBook Package
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Chaulagain, Nawaraj,
Place / Publishing House:Piscataway, NJ : : Gorgias Press, , [2019]
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Year of Publication:2019
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (408 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  • Table of Contents
  • Part I: Theoretical Approaches: Rituals, History and Power
  • Part II: The Navaratri and Coronation Rituals
  • Part III. The Kingship and Sacred Space: The Changing Configuration of a "Hindu" State
  • Conclusion
  • Appendix-I. Other Popular Royal Rituals and their Socio-political Implications
  • Appendix-II. Coronation Program of King Birendra Bir Bikram Sahdev
  • ABBREVIATIONS
  • BIBLIOGRAPHY
  • INDEX

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