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Agriculture, Floriculture and Botanical Knowledge in a Middle Bengali Text
Ferrari, Fabrizio M.
Ferrari, Fabrizio M.
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This chapter offers an overview of botanical lore in Śūnyapurāṇ, a heterogeneous Bengali liturgical work attributed to Rāmāi Paṇḍit. The text celebrates the god Dharmarāj, or Dharma Ṭhākur, through a lengthy cosmogonic narrative and various ritual tracts that define the practice of Dharmapūjā. After a brief introduction about the text, its authorship and date, I will discuss the use of flowers and rice in the worship of Dharmarāj in three sections: the plucking of flowers (puṣpatolān); the birth of paddy (dhānyer janma), which includes the popular tale of the farming (kr̥ṣak) Śiva, and the auspicious song of the husking pedal (ḍheṅkīmaṅgal).
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Ferrari, F.M. (2016). Agriculture, Floriculture and Botanical Knowledge in a Middle Bengali Text. In: F.M. Ferrari & T.W.P. Dähnhardt (Eds.), Roots of Wisdom, Branches of Devotion. Plant Life in South Asian Traditions (pp. 214-269). Sheffield, United Kingdom: Equinox Publishing.
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9781781791196