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Festivals, Sports and Pastimes of India (An Old and Rare Book)

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Item Code: UBG466
Author: V. Raghavan
Publisher: B. J. Institute of Learning and Research, Ahmadabad
Language: English
Edition: 1979
Pages: 287
Cover: Hardcover
Other Details 8.50 X 5.50 inch
Weight 330 gm
Book Description
Preface

In traditional culture work and play went together, and in Indian tradition there was religious orientation as well. The Indian Festivals and Sports is a fascinating theme indeed. However the period, the geographical area, and the material on the subject are vast and prodi- gious. A comparative study, with parallel forms known through the ages in other parts of the world gives the treatment an extra enlightening dimension.
Prof. Raghavan has had occasions to deal with the theme of festivities, pastimes and vratas, individually and collectively, in his writings in Tamil, English and Sanskrit, - as for example in his Bhoja's Srngaraprakasa (3 rd edition 1978, pp. 627-43), Rtu in Sanskrit Literature, (L. B. Shastri Kendriya Sanskrit Vidyapitha, Delhi 1972), in his edition of Durlabha's 'Rtuvarnana' (in Malaya- maruta II, 1971) which has a rich cultural milieu, and in his articles, Maṭṭuppongal', Masi Panguni Anus- thanangal' and 'Cittirai Vilakkal' (all in Tamil, published, in Silpasri, Madras, Vol. I, 1939), Dipavali' (in English-Illustrated Weekly, 13th November, 1955) and in his original Sanskrit poem Sankrantimahah' (Sams- krita Pratibha, III. ii, October, 1961). On the 'Hindu Festivals' he had delivered Lectures at the Kern Institute, Leiden, and at the University of Chicago in 1964. But it is in his three lectures delivered on 12th, 13th and 14th October, 1972 at the Sheth B. J. Institute of Learning and Research on 'Festivals, Sports and Pastimes of India' that he has fully covered the theme.

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