South Indian Customs
by P. V. Jagadisa Ayyar
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fine
- ISBN 10
- 812060153X
- ISBN 13
- 9788120601536
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About This Item
New Delhi: Asian Educational Services, 1982. Hardcover. Fourth AES Reprint, 2001. Fine book / no jacket as published. Interior pristine. Spine straight and tight. Light shelfwear. Not from a library. No remainder mark. xii + 169 pages. Facsimile of Madras: Diocesan Press, 1925 edition. Customs in the Hindu tradition are essentially religious, but several are based on morality and general utility. In the Hindu pantheon, animals and plants are eminently sacred and are placed on a high pedestal. Every custom is infused with the spirit of intense devotion.
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- Books of the World (US)
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- Title
- South Indian Customs
- Author
- P. V. Jagadisa Ayyar
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 812060153X
- ISBN 13
- 9788120601536
- Publisher
- Asian Educational Services
- Place of Publication
- New Delhi
- Date Published
- 1982
- Keywords
- customs, ethnology, folklore, social life, sociology, religion, rituals, traditions, Hindu, Hinduism, Madras, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, South India, India
- Bookseller catalogs
- India; Asia; Religion & Spirituality;
- Size
- 8vo
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