{"product_id":"the-cult-of-draupadi-volume-alf-hiltebeitel-9780226340487","title":"The Cult of Draupadi, Volume 2: On Hindu Ritual and the Goddess","description":"This is the first volume of a projected three-volume work on the little-known South Indian folk cult of the goddess Draupadi and on the classical epic, the \u003ci\u003eMahabharata\u003c\/i\u003e, that the cult brings to life in mythic, ritual, and dramatic forms. Draupadi, the chief heroine of the Sanskrit \u003ci\u003eMahabharata\u003c\/i\u003e, takes on many unexpected guises in her Tamil cult, but her dimensions as a folk goddess remain rooted in a rich interpretive vision of the great epic. By examining the ways that the cult of Draupadi commingles traditions about the goddess and the epic, Alf Hiltebeitel shows the cult to be singularly representative of the inner tensions and working dynamics of popular devotional Hinduism. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Alf Hiltebeitel\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0226340481\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780226340487\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Chicago Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/08\/1991\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 556\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.04h x 6.08w x 1.30d","brand":"Alf Hiltebeitel","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44598221504767,"sku":"9780226340487","price":62.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_b8f14d5b-05cf-4b9d-9736-78fcae52969a.jpg?v=1702381278","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-cult-of-draupadi-volume-alf-hiltebeitel-9780226340487","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}