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Symbolic Heat

Symbolic Heat

Gender, Health & Worship among the Tamils of S. India & Sri Lanka

By (author) Dennis McGilvray

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Full Description

For the Tamils, an ethnic community in modern-day south India and Sri Lanka, a concept of physical and spiritual heat as female energy, sakti, influences their diet, their traditional medical practices, their view of men and women and their worship of Hindu deities. Some of the striking inter-connections between â¿ coolingâ¿ and â¿ heatingâ¿ foods, male and female relations, popular beliefs about sexuality and the life cycle, and â¿ coolingâ¿ rituals of worship for â¿ hotâ¿ Hindu goddesses are illustrated in this volume.

Specifications
Publisher
Mapin Publishing
ISBN
9780944142875
Published
1st Jan 1980
Binding
Paperback / softback
Territory
USA & Canada
Size
8.33 in x 11.08 in
Pages
72 Pages
Illustrations
38 color, 35 b&w
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