Storytellers, saints, and scoundrels : folk narrative in Hindu religious teaching /

Swamiji, a Hindu holy man, is the central character of Storytellers, Saints, and Scoundrels. He reclines in a deck chair in his modern apartment in western India, telling subtle and entertaining folk narratives to his assorted gatherings. Among the listeners is Kirin Narayan, who knew Swamiji when s...

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Author / Creator:	Narayan, Kirin.
פורמט:	ספר אלקטרוני אלקטרוני
שפה:	English
Language notes:	This edition in English.
Imprint:	Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, ©1989.
סדרה:	Contemporary ethnography series. Publications of the American Folklore Society. New series (Unnumbered)
נושאים:	Asceticism > Hinduism. Hinduism > Customs and practices. Hindus > Folklore > History and criticism. Storytelling > Religious aspects > Hinduism. Tales > India > History and criticism. Art de conter > Aspect religieux > Hindouisme. Asceticism > Hinduism Ascétisme > Hindouisme. Hindouisme > Coutumes et pratiques. Hinduism > Customs and practices Hindus Storytelling > Religious aspects > Hinduism Tales India English Religion Ethnography. Criticism, interpretation, etc. Folklore
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Frontmatter
Contents
Acknowledgment
A Note on Transliteration
Introduction
1. There's Always a Reason
2. Lives and Stories
3. Sadhus
4. The Listeners
5. Loincloths and Celibacy
6. False Gurus and Gullible Disciples
7. Death and Laughter
8. Heaven and Hell
9. The Divine Storyteller
10. The World of the Stories
11. Storytelling as Religious Teaching
Epilogue
Appendix I: Glossary of Commonly Used Hindi Terms
Appendix 11: Map of India
Notes
Bibliography
Index

Storytellers, saints, and scoundrels : folk narrative in Hindu religious teaching /

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