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| | Amazon.com: Water and Womanhood : Religious Meanings of Rivers in Maharashtra : Books: Anne Feldhaus (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03) |
 | | Rivers in India are commonly associated with certain worldly religious values: wealth, beauty, long life, good health, food, love, and the birth of children. |
 | | Afjhul Khan, Andhra Pradesh, Tapi Mahatmya, Bhimkund Ali, Sati Asara, Ramdoh Ali, Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency, Narmada Mahatmya, Godavari River, Mount Meru, Deccan Plateau, North India, King Hama, Satara District, Krsna Mahatmya, Nira River, Tapi River, Krsna River, Madhli Ali, Payosni River, Pune District, South India, Craig Smith, Ganapati Ali, Gopal Krsna |
 | | To begin with, the author makes the simple point that rivers aren't primarily about purity/pollution, a typical dichotomy through which their religious significance is understood, but also about fertility/lack. |
| www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/019509283X?v=glance (969 words) |
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