Guests at God's Wedding : Celebrating Kartik among the Women of Benares.
This fascinating look at the sacred Hindu month of Kartik (October-November) as it is celebrated in the city of Benares in North India highlights Kartik-related practices, stories, songs, and experiences particular to women. During Kartik, Hindu women living in and around Benares meet daily to enact...
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| Language: | English |
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Albany :
State University of New York Press,
2005.
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| Online Access: | https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/jj.18252922 |
Table of Contents:
- Intro
- Guests at God's Wedding
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Prelude to a Book
- Confessions of an Inexpert Ethnographer
- Contours of the Book
- 1. Kartik as a Sacred Month: The Kartik Vrat in Text and Context
- Kartik and the Hindu Calendar
- Textual Sources and Kartik
- The Texts of the Kartik Mahatmya
- Kartik and Auspiciousness
- The Kartik Vrat
- Eulogy and Narrative in the Kartik Mahatmyas: Glorifying Kartik and the Kartik Vrat
- The Bhishmapancak and the Bhishmapancak Vrat
- 2. Kartik's Religious Celebrations and the Churning of the Ocean of Milk
- Krishna and Kartik
- Sharat Purnima (Autumn Full Moon)
- Karva Cauth
- Govatsa Dvadashi
- Yamatrayodashi and Dhanteras
- Narak Caturdashi
- Diwali
- Kartik Shukla Pratipada/Govardhan Worship/Annakut
- Yamdvitiya or Bhaiya Duj
- Nag Nathaiya
- Dala Chath or Surya Chath
- Gopashtami
- Akshaya Navami
- Prabodhani Ekadashi and the Tulsi Vivaha
- Vaikunth Caturdashi
- Kartik Purnima
- 3. Adoring Krishna at the River's Edge: The Practice of Kartik Puja
- Prologue
- Setting the Stage, and a Tale of Two Votaries
- Performing Kartik Puja
- 4. Krishna, Kartik, and Hindu Women's Lives
- Being a Sakhi in Kartik Puja
- Krishna as Lover, Husband, and Son
- Radha and Tulsi in Kartik Puja Traditions
- Concluding Remarks
- 5. Kartik Puja Traditionsand Women's Empowerment
- Appendix: Transliterated Song Texts
- Notes
- Chapter 1.
- Chapter 2.
- Chapter 3.
- Chapter 4.
- Chapter 5.
- Works Cited
- Index
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