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Time in India: Concepts and Practices

 
Angelika Malinar (Editor)
Synopsis Thinking about notions of time in India still evokes images of circles and wheels symbolizing the fading away and collective and individual histories into the repetitious, cyclical movement of cosmic death and rebirth. However, time is perceived and reckoned in India in many different ways mirrored in a wide spectrum of philosophical and theological interpretations, methods of calculation, mythological narratives and ritual performances. The richness of concepts and practices shows the concern for different dimensions of the experience of time in Indian cultures. The interplay between time as quality and quantity persists in many aspects of social life in India and has not been replaced by the advent of modern standardizations. Thus, ritual calendars and the concern for auspicious or inauspicious moments co-exist with other methods of time reckoning, such as the digital clock or dynastic eras. The essays collected in this volume highlight this multiplicity by studying both notions and practices of time in relation to the different contests in which they are enacted. Scholars from different disciplines address these topics with regard to history, religion, methods of time-reckoning, festivals, life-cycle rituals, kinship and modern historiography. The essays deal with both, pan-Indian notions and traditions located in Orissa. While there are some distinct features that relate to Orissa in particular, the regional and local traditions often draw on conceptual frameworks used in other parts of the subcontinent too.
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About the author

Angelika Malinar

Angelika Malinar is Lecturer in Hinduism at the School of Oriental and African Studies, university of London. Her research interest are Sanskrit Epics and Puranas, Hindu monasticism, Yoga and Samkhya. She is the author of Rajavidya: Das konigliche Wissen um Herrschaft and  verzicht. Studien zur Bhagavadgita 91996), and co-editor of Charisma and canon: Essays in the religious History of the Indian Subcontinent (2001).

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Bibliographic information

Title Time in India: Concepts and Practices
Format Hardcover
Date published: 10.02.2007
Edition 1st ed.
Language: English
isbn 9788173047138
length x+320p., Figures; References; Index; 25cm.