Religion, Devotion and Medicine in North India

Available
0
StarStarStarStarStar
0Reviews
This volume examines notions of health and illness in North Indian devotional culture, with particular attention paid to the worship of the goddess Sitala, the Cold Lady. Consistently portrayed in colonial and postcolonial literature as the ambiguous ''smallpox goddess'', Sitala is here discussed as a protector of children and women, a portrayal that emerges from textual sources as well as materia...
Read more
E-book
epub
Price
28.79 £
This volume examines notions of health and illness in North Indian devotional culture, with particular attention paid to the worship of the goddess Sitala, the Cold Lady. Consistently portrayed in colonial and postcolonial literature as the ambiguous ''smallpox goddess'', Sitala is here discussed as a protector of children and women, a portrayal that emerges from textual sources as well as materia...
Read more
Follow the Author

Options

  • Formats: epub
  • ISBN: 9781472598721
  • Publication Date: 20 Nov 2014
  • Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
  • Drm Setting: DRM