Bhaironji
Tampilan
| Bhaironji | |
|---|---|
Dewa dunia bawah tanah | |
| Afiliasi | Dewa |
| Kediaman | dunia bawah |
| Dewa/dewi terkait | Bairawa[1] (Siwa)[2] |
| Pemujaan | |
| Kepercayaan | Hindu India |
| Daerah | Rajasthan |
Bhaironji adalah dewa penguasa dunia bawah menurut kepercayaan Hindu di Rajasthan, India.[3] Beberapa ahli memandangnya sebagai salah satu manifestasi Dewa Siwa di Rajasthan.[2] Bhaironji juga dipercaya dapat merasuki raga seseorang.[3]
Jeffrey G. Snodgrass (profesor antropologi di Colorado State University[4]) menyatakan bahwa Bhaironji dipandang sebagai "raja dunia bawah seantero India".[1]
Referensi
[sunting | sunting sumber]- 1 2 Snodgrass, Jeffrey G. (2004). "Hail to the Chief?: The politics and poetics of a Rajasthani 'child sacrifice'". Culture and Religion. 5 (1): 71–104. doi:10.1080/0143830042000200364. ISSN 1475-5629. OCLC 54683133. S2CID 144663317.
- 1 2 Suomen Itämainen Seura [Finnish Oriental Society] (1998). Changing Patterns of Family and Kinship in South Asia: Proceedings of an International Symposium on the Occasion of the 50th Anniversary of India's Independence Held at the University of Helsinki 6 May 1998. Vol. 84. Finnish Oriental Society. hlm. 136–141. ISBN 978-9519380384.
- 1 2 Imitation Is Far More than the Sincerest of Flattery: The Mimetic Power of Spirit Possessionin Rajasthan, India Jeffrey G. Snodgrass Source: Cultural Anthropology, Vol. 17, No. 1 (Feb., 2002), pp. 32-64
- ↑ Horton, Katie (August 3, 2015). "Dr. Snodgrass editor of new blog series: Bioculturalism". Colorado State University. Diakses tanggal October 28, 2020.