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Superstition in the daily life of Kashmiri Pandits
Eastern anthropologist • 6 (1) • Published In 1952 • Pages: 37-41
By: Madan, T. N..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This document describes some common superstitious practices and beliefs among Kashmiri Hindus (Pandits).
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Theory of disease
- General character of religion
- Spirits and gods
- Luck and chance
- Prayers and sacrifices
- Magic
- Ethnophysiology
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Kashmiri
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2023
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Asia
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- South Asia
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Helen Takacs ; 1955
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1952
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1952
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Srinagar district, Jammu and Kashmir, India
- NotesAdditional notes
- T. N. Mandan
- Includes bibliographical references
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 59030548
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Kashmiri (South Asian people)