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Of Gods and Books: Ritual and Knowledge Transmission in the Manuscript Cultures of Premodern India (Studies in Manuscript Cultures) (Studies in Manuscript Cultures, 8) by De Simini, Florinda is a literary studies available to read on EtoBox.
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<p>India has been the homeland of diverse manuscript traditions that do not cease to impress scholars for their imposing size and complexity. Nevertheless, many topics concerning the study of Indian manuscript cultures still remain to receive systematic examination. Of Gods and Books pays attention to one of these topics - the use of manuscripts as ritualistic tools. Literary sources deal quite extensively with rituals principally focused on manuscripts, whose worship, donation and preservation
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- Author
- De Simini, Florinda
- Publisher
- de Gruyter GmbH, Walter
- Published
- 2016
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9783110477764
- Category
- literary studies
- Subjects
- History, Literary Criticism, Religion
- Updated
- 2026-03-25
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