Author: Jahnabi Gogoi
Publisher: Concept Publishing Company
ISBN: 9788170229674
Category : Agriculture and state
Languages : en
Pages : 212

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Author: Guptajit Pathak
Publisher: Mittal Publications
ISBN: 9788183242516
Category : Assam (India)
Languages : en
Pages : 256

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Publisher: Cornell University Press
ISBN: 1501719009
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 177

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Studies on Southeast Asia 10 The ancient but not completely forgotten language of Ahom (part of a culture that once dominated the Brahmaputra Valley in India) has been marked by a lack of competent critical and scholarly study. The present authors aim to correct this: in their work they include a useful introduction to the state of Ahom studies and about linguistic problems and possibilities. The three primary texts studied are presented in their Ahom characters, in transliteration, and in translation into Thai and English, and are the subjects of both literary and historical interpretation. In the final section, the scholar J. C. Eade presents an essay entitled Astronomy in the Texts: Is there any Coherence? The relevant pages from the three original manuscripts that gave rise to the established texts are reproduced here as well.

Author: Sudhāṃśu Śekhara Tuṅga
Publisher: Mittal Publications
ISBN: 9788170995883
Category : Bengali language
Languages : en
Pages : 398

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The Present Work Is A Comparative And Descriptive Study Of Languages And Can Be Roughly Called A Survey Of The Dialects Of South Assam And Which Has Resulted In A Large Number Of Valuable Findings, Some Of Them Completely New For The Indo-Aryan Linguists.

Author: Yasmin Saikia
Publisher: Duke University Press
ISBN: 9780822333739
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 350

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DIVA study of identity and its connection to memory, focusing on the history of community identity formation among the Tai-Ahom in Assam./div

Author: Byomakesh Tripathy
Publisher: Gyan Publishing House
ISBN: 9788121210027
Category : Andhra Pradesh (India)
Languages : en
Pages : 408

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The book consists 27 research papers on religious culture of Arunachal Pradesh including tribal culture with emphasis on spirits and deities, sacred specialists, and sacred rituals etc. The Theravada and Mahayana Buddhism as practised by some Arunachali tribes are presented in a historical setting along with Brahminical culture in the foothills. This is the first such study of religious history of Arunachal Pradesh and their interaction with the people of Assam, Tibet and Myanmar through the ages.

Author: Sristidhar Dutta
Publisher:
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Category : Assam (India)
Languages : en
Pages : 198

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Research articles on a tribe of Assam and their role in shaping the history of the State.

Author: Stuart H. Blackburn
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004175784
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 420

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A shaman chants to make the sun rise in the Apatani valley, high in the eastern Himalayas. A comparative analysis of this oral text, its ritual context and performer reveal the core ideas of local society, including fertility and cohesion.

Author: François Robinne
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004160345
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 384

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Drawing on long term fieldwork and research in communities from Assam through to Laos, this book offers a unique level of reappraisal of the work of Edmund Leach and is a significant contribution to the development of a new regional anthropology of Southeast Asia.

Author: Loriliai Biernacki
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0190296283
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages :

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Tantra is a family of rituals modeled on those of the Vedas and their attendant texts and lineages. These rituals typically involve the visualization of a deity, offerings, and the chanting of his or her mantra. Common variations include visualizing the deity in the act of sexual union with a consort, visualizing oneself as the deity, and "transgressive" acts such as token consumption of meat or alcohol. Most notoriously, non-standard or ritualized sex is sometimes practiced. This accounts for Tantra's negative reputation in some quarters and its reception in the West primarily as a collection of sexual practices. Although some today extol Tantra's liberating qualities, the role of women remains controversial. Traditionally there are two views of women and Tantra. Either the feminine is a metaphor and actual women are altogether absent, or Tantra involves the transgressive use of women's bodies to serve male interests. Loriliai Biernacki presents an alternative view, in which women are revered, worshipped, and considered worthy of spiritual attainment. Her primary sources are a collection of eight relatively modern Tantric texts written in Sanskrit from the 15th through the 18th century. Her analysis of these texts reveals a view of women that is generally positive and empowering. She focuses on four topics: 1) the "Kali Practice," in which women appear not only as objects of reverence but as practitioners and gurus; 2) the Tantric sex rite, especially in the case that, contrary to other Tantric texts, the preference is for wives as ritual consorts; 3) feminine language and the gendered implications of mantra; and 4) images of male violence towards women in tantric myths. Biernacki, by choosing to analyse eight particular Sanskrit texts, argues that within the tradition of Tantra there exists a representation of women in which the female is an authoritative, powerful, equal participant in the Tantric ritual practice.