[PDF.42qx] Religion, Devotion and Medicine in North India: The Healing Power of Sitala

Religion, Devotion and Medicine in North India: The Healing Power of Sitala

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|| |In Religion, Devotion and Medicine in North India the author analyses an extensive range of Indian textual and iconographic sources dating back over a millennium and convincingly demolishes the myth that the deity Sitala is a malevolent village "smallpo

This volume examines notions of health and illness in North Indian devotional culture, with particular attention paid to the worship of the goddess Sitala, the Cold Lady. Consistently portrayed in colonial and postcolonial literature as the ambiguous 'smallpox goddess', Sitala is here discussed as a protector of children and women, a portrayal that emerges from textual sources as well as material culture.

The eradication of smallpox did not pose a threat to Sita...

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