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20 juillet 2022
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Gérard Toffin, « Merging perspectives on classical hinduism and popular hindu religion », European Bulletin of Himalayan Research, ID : 10.4000/ebhr.436
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In his work on the popular Hinduism of Nepalese castes, Marc Gaborieau has always given great prominence to the classical tradition of India. One recalls how he drew a parallel between the jāgar possession cults of far-western Nepal and the notion of avatār (ie incarnation, descent of the god into the earthly world) (Gaborieau 1975), as well as that of meditation, dhyāna, both associated with religious doctrines of ancient Hinduism. His article on the annual Hindu calendar and on the Nepalese...