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Sandalwood and Carrion
Smell in Indian Religion and Culture
Taschenbuch von James Mchugh
Sprache: Englisch

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James McHugh offers the first comprehensive examination of the concepts and practices related to smell in pre-modern India. Drawing on a wide range of textual sources, from poetry to medical texts, he shows the deeply significant religious and cultural role of smell in India throughout the first millennium CE.
James McHugh offers the first comprehensive examination of the concepts and practices related to smell in pre-modern India. Drawing on a wide range of textual sources, from poetry to medical texts, he shows the deeply significant religious and cultural role of smell in India throughout the first millennium CE.
Über den Autor
James McHugh is Assistant Professor of Religion, University of Southern California.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
  • Acknowledgments

  • Preface

  • Part One: Smells in Theory

  • 1 INTRODUCTION

  • 2 EARTH, WIND, FOUL and FRAGRANT: THE THEORY OF SMELLING and ODORS IN MEDIEVAL SOUTH ASIA

  • Part Two: Smells in the World

  • 3 LOTUS, FISH, and COWS: THE SMELL-SCAPE OF TRADITIONAL SOUTH ASIA

  • 4 FLOWERS and FISH IN THE MAH?BH?RATA

  • Part Three: Smells in Practice

  • 5 MOON JUICE and UPROAR: PERFUMERY TEXTS

  • 6 ALLIES, ENEMIES, and YAK?A MUD: PERFUMES

  • Part Four: Aromatic Materials

  • 7 THE INCENSE TREES OF THE LAND OF EMERALDS: EXOTIC AROMATICS IN MEDIEVAL SOUTH ASIA

  • 8 SANDALWOOD: MERCHANTS, EXPERTISE and PROFIT

  • Part Five: Smell and Religion

  • 9 BOIS DES ÎSLES

  • 10 THE TOILETTE OF THE GODS

  • Epilogue

  • Appendix SANSKRIT and PRAKRIT TEXTS ON PERFUME BLENDING and PERFUMERY

  • Bibliography

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2012
Fachbereich: Regionalgeschichte
Genre: Geschichte, Importe
Rubrik: Geisteswissenschaften
Medium: Taschenbuch
ISBN-13: 9780199916320
ISBN-10: 0199916322
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Mchugh, James
Hersteller: Oxford University Press
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 234 x 156 x 20 mm
Von/Mit: James Mchugh
Erscheinungsdatum: 01.10.2012
Gewicht: 0,59 kg
Artikel-ID: 120667454
Über den Autor
James McHugh is Assistant Professor of Religion, University of Southern California.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
  • Acknowledgments

  • Preface

  • Part One: Smells in Theory

  • 1 INTRODUCTION

  • 2 EARTH, WIND, FOUL and FRAGRANT: THE THEORY OF SMELLING and ODORS IN MEDIEVAL SOUTH ASIA

  • Part Two: Smells in the World

  • 3 LOTUS, FISH, and COWS: THE SMELL-SCAPE OF TRADITIONAL SOUTH ASIA

  • 4 FLOWERS and FISH IN THE MAH?BH?RATA

  • Part Three: Smells in Practice

  • 5 MOON JUICE and UPROAR: PERFUMERY TEXTS

  • 6 ALLIES, ENEMIES, and YAK?A MUD: PERFUMES

  • Part Four: Aromatic Materials

  • 7 THE INCENSE TREES OF THE LAND OF EMERALDS: EXOTIC AROMATICS IN MEDIEVAL SOUTH ASIA

  • 8 SANDALWOOD: MERCHANTS, EXPERTISE and PROFIT

  • Part Five: Smell and Religion

  • 9 BOIS DES ÎSLES

  • 10 THE TOILETTE OF THE GODS

  • Epilogue

  • Appendix SANSKRIT and PRAKRIT TEXTS ON PERFUME BLENDING and PERFUMERY

  • Bibliography

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2012
Fachbereich: Regionalgeschichte
Genre: Geschichte, Importe
Rubrik: Geisteswissenschaften
Medium: Taschenbuch
ISBN-13: 9780199916320
ISBN-10: 0199916322
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Mchugh, James
Hersteller: Oxford University Press
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 234 x 156 x 20 mm
Von/Mit: James Mchugh
Erscheinungsdatum: 01.10.2012
Gewicht: 0,59 kg
Artikel-ID: 120667454
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