Divine and the Demonic Supernatural Affliction and Its Treatment in North India

Name: Divine and the Demonic Supernatural Affliction and Its Treatment in North India
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ISBN: 9780203222539

ISBN-10: 0203222539

ISBN-13: 9780203222539

Edition: 2002

Authors: Graham Dwyer

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Book details

List price: $130.00
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Group
Publication date: 8/29/2003
Pages: 208
Size: 0.55" wide x 0.85" long
Language: English



List of plates


List of figures and tables


Acknowledgements


Note on Transliteration


Map 1: Rajasthan and Districts (India Inset)


Map 2: Mehndipur Village


Introduction



Mehndipur: The fieldwork setting



Supernatural malaise and key patterns of affliction: Causation, attribution and vulnerability



Sorcery, witchcraft and the evil eye



Healing and the transformation of self in exorcism



Hindu priests and healers


Conclusion



Towards defining a mantra



Mantras used by pilgrims in Mehndipur to gain relief from suffering and affliction



Mantra and yantra



Inventory of symptoms and ailments recorded in Mehndipur


App. 5: Genealogies of Priestly Families


App. 6: Tables


Glossary


Notes


Bibliography


Index