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Time in India - Concepts & Practices (Hardcover)
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Time in India - Concepts & Practices (Hardcover)
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Thinking about notions of time in India still evokes images of
circles and wheels symbolising the fading away of collective and
individual histories into the repetitious, cyclical movement of
cosmic death and rebirth. However, time is perceived and reckoned
in India in many different ways mirrored in a wide spectrum of
philosophical and theological interpretations, methods of
calculation, mythological narratives and ritual performances. The
richness of concepts and practices shows the concern for different
dimensions of the experience of time in Indian cultures. The
interplay between time as quality and quantity persists in many
aspects of social life in India and has not been replaced by the
advent of modern standardisations. Thus, ritual calendars and the
concern for auspicious or inauspicious moments co-exist with other
methods of time reckoning. Such as the digital clock or dynastic
eras. The essays collected in this volume highlight this
multiplicity by studying both notions and practices of time in
relation to the different contexts in which they are enacted.
Scholars from different disciplines address these topics with
regard to history, religion, methods of time-reckoning, festivals,
life-cycle rituals kinship and modern historiography. The essays
deal with both, pan-Indian notions and traditions located in
Orissa. While there are some distinct features that relate to
Orissa in particular, the regional and local traditions often draw
on conceptual frameworks used in other parts of the subcontinent
too.
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