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The domain of constant excess : plural worship at the Munnesvaram temples in Sri Lanka

Bastin (anthropology, archaeology, and sociology, James Cook U.) has recast his doctoral dissertation for University College London, which explores how religious meaning and potency acquire force in the production and reproduction of everyday worship. He addresses general issues about Hindu temples
Print Book, English, 2002
Berghahn Books, New York, 2002
History
xxiv, 231 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
9781571812520, 1571812520
1170523405
Acknowledgements Chapter 1. Worship, Difference and Marvellous Potentiality Chapter 2. Fluidity and Ambiguity in the History of Munnesvaram Chapter 3. Myths and Marginality; Ritual Practices and Religious Identity Chapter 4. The Saivite Temple as a Monumental Architecture Chapter 5. 'The Look and the Thing Seen': Puja and Arccanai Chapter 6. The Presence of Sakti; Guardians, Games and the Formation of Power Chapter 7. The World Inside Out Chapter 8. The Domain of Excess Chapter 9. Divine Kings and Regal Gods: Temples in Society and History Bibliography Index