Polluted by a purifying text: The order of signs in a pre-modern literary Malayalam world
Considered lost until the latter part of the twentieth century, the Tiruniḻalmāla, “The garland of sacred shadows,” has been defined as a “ritual text” and as an account of rituals performed in the Āṟanmuḷa temple of central Kerala. Yet the manuscripts that came to light were preserved in the north...
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Language: | English |
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Università degli Studi di Torino
2022-09-01
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Series: | Kervan. International Journal of Afro-Asiatic Studies |
Online Access: | https://www.ojs.unito.it/index.php/kervan/article/view/7016 |