How the fearsome, fish-eyed Queen M?n?ṭci became a perfectly ordinary goddess
Distinctions between humans and deities tend to be ambiguous in South Asia: Humans regularly achieve promotion to divine status for being gifted gurus, great poets, spiritually adept seekers, martyrs who die for a righteous cause, or able power brokers, such as royalty. People need not necessarily d...
| Main Author: | |
|---|---|
| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Journals Online & Print: | Drawer...
|
| Fernleihe: | Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste |
| Published: |
Univ.
2014
|
| In: |
Nidān
Year: 2014, Volume: 26, Issue: 2, Pages: 1-19 |
| Further subjects: | B
Festival performance
B Madurai B Goddess B Marriage B Power |
| Online Access: |
Volltext (kostenfrei) |
MARC
| LEADER | 00000caa a22000002 4500 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 001 | 1839592990 | ||
| 003 | DE-627 | ||
| 005 | 20230630103717.0 | ||
| 007 | cr uuu---uuuuu | ||
| 008 | 230320s2014 xx |||||o 00| ||eng c | ||
| 024 | 7 | |a 10.58125/nidan.2014.2 |2 doi | |
| 035 | |a (DE-627)1839592990 | ||
| 035 | |a (DE-599)KXP1839592990 | ||
| 040 | |a DE-627 |b ger |c DE-627 |e rda | ||
| 041 | |a eng | ||
| 084 | |a 0 |2 ssgn | ||
| 084 | |a SUEDASIEN |q DE-16 |2 fid | ||
| 100 | 1 | |e VerfasserIn |0 (DE-588)1089144628 |0 (DE-627)852969716 |0 (DE-576)421090952 |4 aut |a Harman, William P. |d 1946- | |
| 109 | |a Harman, William P. 1946- |a Harman, William 1946- | ||
| 245 | 1 | 0 | |a How the fearsome, fish-eyed Queen M?n?ṭci became a perfectly ordinary goddess |
| 264 | 1 | |c 2014 | |
| 336 | |a Text |b txt |2 rdacontent | ||
| 337 | |a Computermedien |b c |2 rdamedia | ||
| 338 | |a Online-Ressource |b cr |2 rdacarrier | ||
| 520 | |a Distinctions between humans and deities tend to be ambiguous in South Asia: Humans regularly achieve promotion to divine status for being gifted gurus, great poets, spiritually adept seekers, martyrs who die for a righteous cause, or able power brokers, such as royalty. People need not necessarily die to achieve divine status, but it often helps. In some cases, jealous or unkind deities do their best to thwart mortals whose virtue, penance, or sacrifices are about to transform their human status into that of a competing divinity. This paper demonstrates that Hindu tradition tends to devalue historical uniqueness in favor of perceived divine, eternal patterns. | ||
| 650 | 4 | |a Festival | |
| 650 | 4 | |a Goddess | |
| 650 | 4 | |a Madurai | |
| 650 | 4 | |a Marriage | |
| 650 | 4 | |a Power | |
| 773 | 0 | 8 | |i Enthalten in |t Nidān |d Durban : Univ., 1989 |g 26(2014), 2, Seite 1-19 |h Online-Ressource |w (DE-627)797380841 |w (DE-600)2785381-0 |w (DE-576)414829026 |x 2414-8636 |7 nnns |
| 773 | 1 | 8 | |g volume:26 |g year:2014 |g number:2 |g pages:1-19 |
| 856 | 4 | 0 | |u https://doi.org/10.58125/nidan.2014.2 |x Resolving-System |z kostenfrei |3 Volltext |
| 936 | u | w | |d 26 |j 2014 |e 2 |h 1-19 |
| 951 | |a AR | ||
| ELC | |a 1 | ||
| LOK | |0 000 xxxxxcx a22 zn 4500 | ||
| LOK | |0 001 4293458646 | ||
| LOK | |0 003 DE-627 | ||
| LOK | |0 004 1839592990 | ||
| LOK | |0 005 20230320140807 | ||
| LOK | |0 008 230320||||||||||||||||ger||||||| | ||
| LOK | |0 040 |a DE-Tue135 |c DE-627 |d DE-Tue135 | ||
| LOK | |0 092 |o n | ||
| LOK | |0 852 |a DE-Tue135 | ||
| LOK | |0 852 1 |9 00 | ||
| LOK | |0 935 |a ixzs |a ixzo |a rwrk | ||
| OAS | |a 1 | ||
| ORI | |a TA-MARC-ixtheoa001.raw | ||
| REL | |a 1 | ||
| STA | 0 | 0 | |a Festival performance |
| STB | 0 | 0 | |a Festival,Festivals |
| STC | 0 | 0 | |a Festival |
| STD | 0 | 0 | |a Festival |
| STE | 0 | 0 | |a 节庆表典,节日表演 |
| STF | 0 | 0 | |a 節慶表典,節日表演 |
| STG | 0 | 0 | |a Festival |
| STH | 0 | 0 | |a Фестиваль |
| STI | 0 | 0 | |a Φεστιβάλ |
| SUB | |a REL | ||
| SYE | 0 | 0 | |a Festspiele , Madura,Mathurai,Maturai,Madhurā |