001464379 000__ 04393nam\\2200601Mu\4500 001464379 001__ 1464379 001464379 003__ NhCcYBP 001464379 005__ 20230621003255.0 001464379 006__ m\\\\\o\\d\\\\\\\\ 001464379 007__ cr\cn\nnnunnun 001464379 008__ 230520s2023\\\\xx\\\\\\o\\\\\|||\0\eng\d 001464379 020__ $$a1438493347 001464379 020__ $$a9781438493343 001464379 020__ $$z9781438493336 001464379 020__ $$z1438493339 001464379 040__ $$aNhCcYBP$$cNhCcYBP 001464379 050_4 $$aBL1239.78.N35$$bB35 2023 001464379 08204 $$a294.5/360954$$223/eng/20230605 001464379 1001_ $$aBaltutis, Michael. 001464379 24514 $$aThe Festival of Indra :$$bInnovation, Archaism, and Revival in a South Asian Performance. 001464379 260__ $$aAlbany :$$bState University of New York Press,$$c2023. 001464379 300__ $$a1 online resource (286 pages) 001464379 336__ $$atext$$btxt$$2rdacontent 001464379 337__ $$acomputer$$bc$$2rdamedia 001464379 338__ $$aonline resource$$bcr$$2rdacarrier 001464379 4901_ $$aSUNY Series in Hindu Studies 001464379 5050_ $$aIntro -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: The Archetypal Indra Festival -- Jātrā: Politics, Violence, and Power -- The Chronology of the Indra Festival and an Introduction to the Chapters -- A Note on Language -- Chapter One The Early Medieval Indra Festival -- Dharma in the Mahābhārata -- Drama in the Nāṭyaśāstra -- Royal Power in the Viṣṇudharmottara Purāṇa -- Architecture in the Samarāṅgana Sūtradhāra -- Devotion in the Bhāgavata Purāṇa -- The Urban Habitus in Kathmandu -- Chapter Two The Journey from the Forest -- Sāit No. 1: The Ban Yātrā 001464379 5058_ $$aSāit No. 2: Day One: Cutting the Tree -- Day Two: Felling the Poles -- Conveying the Pole -- Ritual Security, Ritual Violence, Ritual Death -- Conclusion -- Chapter Three Preparing, Entering, and Establishing the City -- Sāit No. 3: The Entrance of the Pole -- Kathmandu's Nagara Praveśa -- Sāit No. 4: Installing the Pole -- The Upāku Procession -- Local Ancestral Poles -- Sāit No. 5: Visarjan -- Chapter Four Nepali Chronicles and the Living Goddess Kumari -- Nepālikabhūpa Vaṃśāvalī -- The Royal Kumari -- The Royal Kumari in the Indra Festival -- The Royal Kumari in the NBhV 001464379 5058_ $$aThe 1768 Shah Invasion -- Chapter Five The Construction of the Indra Festival in Nineteenth-Century Kathmandu -- The Indradhvajotsava Kathanam -- Śaktivallabh and the Multiple Kumari -- Śaktivallabh's Indra Puja -- Local Newar Indrapūjā Texts -- Local Newar Indrapūjā Rituals -- Conclusion: A Narrative of Erasure -- Chapter Six Sacrificing (to) Bhairav: The Resurrection of a Local Himalayan King -- Indra's Elephant -- Lākhe and Jhyālincha -- Akash Bhairav -- Newars and Janjati -- Contextualizing the Severed Head -- Conclusion -- Chapter Seven Tantra, the Mahābhārata, and the Iconography of Indra 001464379 5058_ $$aThe Nepalese Parijāta Haraṇa -- Cucumbers -- Baumata and Ḍāgīṃ -- Multiple Readings of Indra -- The Brahminical Indra -- The Vedic Indra -- The Epic Indra -- The Tantric Indra -- The Folk Indra -- Conclusion: Violence, Politics, Danger, and Ritual Change -- Notes -- Works Cited -- Index 001464379 506__ $$aAccess limited to authorized users 001464379 533__ $$aElectronic reproduction.$$bAnn Arbor, MI$$nAvailable via World Wide Web. 001464379 588__ $$aDescription based on print version record. 001464379 650_0 $$aIndra Jātrā$$zNepal$$zKathmandu. 001464379 650_0 $$aReligion and politics$$zNepal. 001464379 650_0 $$aHinduism$$zIndia$$xHistory. 001464379 655_0 $$aElectronic books 001464379 7102_ $$aProQuest (Firm) 001464379 77608 $$iPrint version:$$aBaltutis, Michael$$tThe Festival of Indra$$dAlbany : State University of New York Press,c2023$$z9781438493329 001464379 830_0 $$aSUNY series in Hindu studies. 001464379 852__ $$bebk 001464379 85640 $$3GOBI DDA$$uhttps://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/usiricelib-ebooks/detail.action?docID=30279140$$zOnline Access 001464379 909CO $$ooai:library.usi.edu:1464379$$pGLOBAL_SET 001464379 980__ $$aBIB 001464379 980__ $$aEBOOK 001464379 982__ $$aEbook 001464379 983__ $$aOnline