In praise of death : history and poetry in medieval Marwar (South Asia)
Kamphorst, J.
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Index
Alliteration (see Dimgal) Animal sacrifice (see sacrifice)
Army 189-91, 201, 203-04, 226, 232-33, 248-49, 287
(see Rajput-Mughal, Rajput-Bhil, Rajput-Charan relations)
(see Mughal army)
Avatār-linkage 15, 155, 282-85 (see deification-by-death)
Baluchi 237, 255, 258, 298 Battlefield
as altar 129, 229 as nuptial bed 108, 133
Bhat 34, 116, 191, 225-28, 257-59, 285 Blood 130, 134-35, 155, 180, 227-28,
232, 242
Buro 74-76, 125, 137, 150, 152, 164-65, 184-88, 275-79
Cattle
camel 107-08, 125, 154, 162, 166-67, 185, 213, 221, 249, 253-59, 264, 266-67, 269, 276, 293, 295 cow 166-67, 185, 189, 295-96 breeding centres 254 in dowry 188-89, 282 Charan goddesses (see Sagatis) Chirographic culture 121 historical orthography 41-42
Death 13-14, 116, 123
sacrificial 118, 128-29, 149, 232, 265, 291
self-inflicted 229-30, 252, 291 symbolism 124, 132-33, 135-36, 180 (see procreation)
(see sacrifice)
Deification-by-death 15-20, 147, 150-59, 166, 197, 284-86, 291-92
(see forefather, deified)
Dhamdhal Rathaur history 125, 127, 163-69, 171-73, 182-89, 188-89, 193, 217, 260, 294
Dimgal
alliteration 89-101
literary history 43-45, 142, 222-23, 228, 282
socio-linguistic status 31-36, 120 metrics 101-06, 109-10
onomatopoeia 63-63, 67, 93, 139, 142, 148
prosody 86-113
transliterative standards 39-41
Epic
definitions of 22, 87, 115-124, 142-44 narrative development 14-20, 159-160,
177-78
(see heroic-epic tradition)
Father 136, 257, 296 Father Rain 180 (see forefather)
Female principle 130-36, 180
Forefather 51, 88, 111, 198-99, 223, 248, 270, 281, 285
deified forefathers 12, 15-17, 128, 132, 141, 147-48, 150-52, 155, 157-59, 184, 263-64, 285-88, 291-92, 295 Pabuji’s forefathers 161, 163-69, 216,
274, 292
Gender metaphor 135 Grazing rights 185
Heroic-epic poetry definitions 142-44
descriptive conventions 124-128 function 88-89, 110-112 (see epic)
Heroism (see sacrifice) History
embedded 21-23
372 Index
externalized 21-23
Horse
breeding 224, 234, 254
trade 202, 224, 231, 234-36, 250, 253- 54, 259-60
Human sacrifice (see sacrifice)
Identity
caste identity 19, 160, 197, 293, 299 martial 167, 169, 170, 176, 181, 190-
92, 205, 225-27 open identity 197, 257-58
Identity politics 11, 194, 288, 293-297, 300
Khici lineage 165, 187, 190-91 Muslim Qayam Khan 190 Kinship 125, 150, 160, 170, 294 metaphors 179-80, 187, 257, 260, 295-
96, 299, 301 (see father, forefather)
(see mother, Charan foremother)
Literary history 23 (see Dimgal)
Male principle 134-35, 180
Marital relations 150, 168, 182, 185, 201, 296
bridegroom-warrior 13, 108, 125, 133, 135
husand and wife 125, 130-36, 179-80, 185, 227-28, 247, 260, 265, 299 marital symbolism 129, 133-36, 154,
265, 296
Marwari 33, 35, 45, 109 martial idiom 192, 216, 297 Meat
carrion-eaters 131
eating 130-31, 209, 227-28, 288 oblation 131, 150
(see vultures) Metaphor
for narrative development 298 martial 129
political 134, 170, 180 religious 149
(see battlefield) (see father) (see gender) (see kinship) (see mother)
(see sacrificial heroism) (see sexuality, symbolism)
(see vulture)
Mother 134, 136, 152, 217
Charan foremother 231, 236, 241, 249, 261, 296, 299
mother Earth 130-36, 180, 215, 229, 233
mother goddess 214-15, 225, 229, 237, 239
mother Nature 131
Mughal 34, 88, 191, 200, 202, 253, 295, 300-01
army 181
(see Rajput-Mughal, Rajput-Bhil,
Rajput-Charan relations) Naukarī 179, 180-82, 191-92, 197, 205,
216
(see Marwari martial idiom)
Pastoral-nomadic definition of 128-29
economy 188-89, 253-58, 260 survival strategies 128, 167, 179, 182,
188, 225, 234, 236, 251-52, 293, 295-97, 300, 302
(see naukarī) Pimgal 32-35, 55 (see Marwari) Poetry
aural quality 64, 67, 112 (see Dimgal)
(see Epic, Heroic-epic) Procreation 133-36, 180
Recitative techniques 110-11 Rajasthani
vernaculars 45, 55 (see Marwari)
Index 373
Rajput
ancestry 47, 271, 281, 284-85 dharma 13, 147, 149
epithets 130, 182-85, 193, 297 history 160-181, 187-88, 293, 300-301 (see identity, martial)
(see naukarī) (see Rathaur)
Rajput-Bhil relations 215-218, 271, 281, 284-89, 301
Rajput-Brahmin relations 193, 226-231 Rajput-Charan relations 224, 226-231, 233, 236, 242-44, 255-60, 296-97, 301
Rajput-Mughal relations 168-71, 174- 75,178-79, 301
Rathaur
early-medieval history 160-66 late-medieval history 168-176 epithets 181-185, 193 Revenue
agricultural 170, 230, 294 trade taxes 200-02, 256, 296
Sacrifice
animal sacrifice 287-89 human sacricife 129-31, 180
Sacrificial heroism 88, 128-33, 150, 154- 55, 180, 232, 252, 265
(see blood) (see death) (see meat)
Sagati 231-51 myth-history of:
Avar 227, 231, 233, 241-44 Deval 233-36
Hinglaj 236-39 Karni 245-48, 250-51 Sagati Kuladevi 248-50 Sagati temples 250-51, 260-61 Sexuality
fertility-centred 180 symbolism 133-36, 154 (see marital relations) Shakti
Durga 159, 225, 230, 232-33, 236-39 Caumunda 158, 233
Kali 239
Mahishasurmardini 239-40 Vasihathi 214
(see mother goddess) (see Sagati Hinglaj)
Thar Desert
kingdom formation 188-89, 236, 238, 241, 243, 249
trade 221, 252-56, 259-61, 265-66 Kolu 213, 265-66
Trance tradition 212, 285-88
Vulture imagery 131, 136, 204, 233
War cry
poetical 88, 111
