La nascita del riso nella tradizione śivaita del Bengala medievale: un’epopea di frontiera
In this article, I will examine the myth of the origin of rice (dhānyer janma) in the texts attributed to Rāmāi Paṇḍit, the first priest of the Bengali god Dharmarāj. The myth, which features a form of Śiva as a ploughing god (kr̥ṣak debatā), has long been considered a late interpolation following t...
Main Author: | Fabrizio Ferrari |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | Italian |
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Salvatore Sciascia Editore
2021-12-01
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Series: | Mythos |
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Online Access: | http://journals.openedition.org/mythos/3520 |
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