Homo Ritualis: Hindu Ritual and Its Significance for Ritual Theory (Oxford Ritual Studies Series)

by Axel Michaels (Author)

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  2016

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  Homo Ritualis describes and analyzes various forms of Hindu rituals and examines conceptual components such as framing, formality modality and theories of meaning. The first book to present a Hindu theory of rituals, it asks how indigenous terms and notions of ritual contribute to ritual theory.