Three brothers from a remote village in the Himalayas are driven by poverty to become monks. One becomes a famous masked dancer; the second an accomplished player of the Tibetan temple trumpet; and the third a great Buddhist scholar. A Jain nun tests her powers of detachment as she watches her best
Nine Lives: In Search of the Sacred in Modern India
โ Scribed by Dalrymple, William
- Publisher
- Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
- Year
- 2010
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 250 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN
- 0307593592
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โฆ Synopsis
A study of the ways in which traditional forms of religious life in India have been transformed in the vortex of the region's rapid change.;The nun's tale -- The dancer of Kannur -- The daughters of Yellamma -- The singer of epics -- The red fairy -- The monk's tale -- The maker of idols -- The lady twilight -- The song of the blind minstrel.
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