 | Victor W. Turner - Social Science - 2011 - 213 pages
...Brahmans, joined each year for this day only in an idealistic musical company patterned on friendships of the gods. Who were those transfigured "cowherds"...purification. Whose household temple was festooned with goats' bones by unknown merrymakers? It was the temple of the Brahman widow who had constantly harassed... | |
 | Diane P. Mines, Sarah Lamb - South Asia - 2002 - 526 pages
...Brahmans, joined each year for this day only in an idealistic musical company patterned on the friendships of the gods. Who were those transfigured "cowherds"...bones by unknown merrymakers? It was the temple of that Brahman widow who had constantly harassed neighbors and kinsmen with actions at law. In front... | |
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cowherds" heaping mud and dust on all the leading citizens? They were the water carrier, two young Brahman priests, and a barber's son, avid experts in the daily routines of purification. Whose household temple was festooned with goat's bones by unknown... 