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Historical Studies in the Cult of the Goddess Manasa (A Socio-Cultural Study) / Maity, Pradyot Kumar
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Historical Studies in the Cult of the Goddess Manasa (A Socio-Cultural Study)
Maity, Pradyot Kumar
 
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  Book ID : 5970
  ISBN-10 : 81-86791-33-7 / 8186791337
  ISBN-13 : 978-81-86791-33-2 / 9788186791332
  Place of Publication : Calcutta
  Year of Publication : 2001
  Edition : (Reprint)
  Language : English
  xvi, 377p., 26 B/W Plts., Abb., Tables, Map, Bib., Index, 23 cm. (First pub. in 1966)
   
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 CONTENTS
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CONTENTS:-

(i) Nature and importance of the subject
(ii) Scope of the subject
(iii) Sources

Chapter I- Serpent Worship In Ancient India
(i) Introductory
(ii) The snake cult in art and literature
(iii) Association of the snake cult with the different religious systems
(iv) Methods of worship
(v) Origin of other beliefs relating to the cult

Chapter II- Socio-Religious Background

Chapter III- A Comparative Study of The Stories Of Manasa
(i) Bengal
  (a) The story told by Bipradas
  (b) Variations in other versions
  (c) Discussions
(ii) Assam
(iii) Bihar
(iv) The story of Manasa in the Puranas

Chapter IV- Original Location And Historicity Of The Principal Legend
  PART -I
  Original location
  PART -II
  Historicity of the principal legend

Chapter V- Evolution Of The Goddess
(i) Worship by the lower classes
(ii) Worship by the upper class women
(iii) Worship by the upper class men
(iv) Worship by the Muslims

Chapter VI- Relations of Manasa With Other Cult-Divinities
(i) Manasa and Chandi
(ii) Manasa and Siva
(iii) Manasa and Dharma
(iv) Manasa and Ganga

Chapter VII- The Iconography And Heredity Of Manasa

Chapter VIII- Rites And Cermonies Connected With Manasa
  PART -I
A. Bengal :
I. Periods and days of worship
  Introduction
  Districts of West Bengal :
(a) Bankura
(b) Birbhum
(c) Burdwan
(d and e) Cooch-Behar and Darjeeling
(f) Hooghly
(g) Howrah
(h) Jalpaiguri
(i) Malda
(j) Midnapore
(k) Murshidabad
(l) Nadia
(m) 24- Parganas
(n) West Dinajpur
II. Methods and places of worship
(a) Methods
(b) Places
III. Priestly functions and sacrificial offerings
(a) Priestly functions
(b) Sacrificial offerings
IV. Purposes of worship
(a) Fertility goddess
(b) Curer of diseases
(c) Rain giver
(d) Wealth giver
(e) Tutelary goddess
(f) Gramadevi
(g) Other aspects
  Districts of East Bengal
(a) Bakarganj
(b) Bogra
(c) Chittagong
(d) Dacca
(e) Faridpur
(f+g) Jessore and Khulna
(h) Mymensingh
(i) Noakhali
(j) Pabna
(k+l) Rajshahi and Rangpur
B. Tripura
C. Bihar
D. Assam
  (a) Introduction
  (b) Periods, methods and places of worship
  (c) Purposes of worship, priestly functions and sacrificial offerings
  (d) Festivals
  (e) Worship of Manasa at Kamakhya
E. Orissa
  PART -II
I. Manasa Vrata
II. Festivals
  (a) The Jhanpan or Jhapan ceremony
  (b) Boat-Racing ceremony
  (c) Arandhana ceremony
III. Folk-entertainments and the Manasa legend
  (a) Bhasan Yatra
  (b) Jagarana gan
  (c) Rayani gan
  (d) Putul nach
  (e)Patas and Patua Sangit
  (f) Other methods
  Summary And Conclusion
  Appendices
I. List of the Manasamangal poets
II. List of the name and epithets of Manasa according to different sources
III. Table of equivalent English months in relation to our months
IV. Specimen of a completed questionnaire translated from Bengali
V. Chart showing the percentage of Manasa worshippers in different districts of west Bengal

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This is a thorough and critical study of the cult of the Goddess Manasa-a study which throws valuable light on some features of the socio-cultural history of the country. The introduction deals with the nature, importance and scope of the subject. Sources are also discussed. The first chapter outlines the history of ophiolatry in Ancient India. In Chapter II the author traces the socio-religious background of Bengal from the 8th-12th centuries – a period when Manasa evolved and found a foothold in Bengali Society. The third chapter narrates the stories of Manasa written in Bengali, Asamese and Bihari, and found in the Puranas for comparative study and their analysis. The fourth chapter deals with the original location and historicity of the principal legend of Manasa. Attempts are also made to ascertain the periods of the origin of the Goddess and of the various stories of Manasa. In Chapter V the author traces the gradual evolution of the cult of Manasa; and the sixth is a fair account of the relations between Manasa and other cult divinities. The seventh chapter is devoted to examine the icons said to be of Manasa and to consider the views that Manasa originated out of many deities. The last chapter is a detailed account of the rites and ceremonies connected with Manasa from the earliest time to the present day. This chapter is mainly based on field investigation. Summary and conclusion briefly reviews the whole work and the main conclusions drawn in it. The work also contains five short appendices, 26 plates, a map of Eastern India and a few charts.
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