Storytellers, Saints, and Scoundrels
Folk Narrative in Hindu Religious Teaching
Kirin Narayan
1989 | 304 pages | Cloth $39.95 | Paper $26.50
Anthropology | Religion
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Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
A Note on Transliteration
Introduction
I. ORIENTATIONS
1. There's Always a Reason
2. Lives and Stories
3. Sadhus
4. The Listeners
II. STORYTELLING OCCASIONS
5. Loincloths and Celibacy
6. False Gurus and Gullible Disciples
7. Death and Laughter
8. Heaven and Hell
9. The Divine Storyteller
III. CONCLUSIONS
10. The World of the Stories
11. Storytelling as Religious Teaching
Epilogue
Appendices
1. Glossary of Commonly Used Hindi Terms
2. Map of India
Notes
Bibliography
Index