The Cult of Draupadi, Volume 2
On Hindu Ritual and the Goddess

- Contents

List of Plates
List of Tables
Acknowledgments
Conventions
1. Introduction
2. Draupadi Temples and Their Ritual Officiants
3. The Ritual Cycle and the Temple Icons
4. Offering Souls
5. Flag Hoisting and Tying of Kappu
6. Posts, Altars, and Demon Devotees
7. Rituals of Battle
8. Patukalam Configurations: Arjuna's Artifacts
9. Aravan's Battlefield Sacrifice to Kali
10. Patukalam Sequences
11. Death and Revival
12. Thighs and Hair
13. Effigies and Forts
14. Timiti, the Firewalk
15. Closures
Appendix
Abbreviations
Bibliography
General Index
Index of Temple and Festival Sites
Anthropology: Cultural and Social Anthropology
Asian Studies: South Asia
Religion: Comparative Studies and History of Religion | South and East Asian Religions
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