Author: Wadley, Susan Snow
Title: Shakti : Power in the Conceptual Structure of Karimpur Religion
Description: Delhi, Munshiram Manoharlal, (1985). Reprint. orig.cloth, dustwrapper.. 22x14cm. x,222 pp. In a torn dustwrapper.. Textual maps & photo illus.. Several pinholes ot the last 23 pages. Just Good. ¶ Contents: The Village Setting; The Nature of a Hindu Pantheon; Mythological Justification for Ritual Activity: A Structural Analysis of Katha; Divine Powers; The Classes of Karimpur Powerful Beings; Power Relationships among Karimpur Deities; Some Aspects of Ritual Activity in Karimpur; Power in Hindu Society; Appendices: Transcriptions of Songs in Hindi; Dank: A Ritual of Snake Possession; The Karimpur Calendar.

Keywords: Anthropology of Religion, Karimpur, India South Asia, Hindu Hinduism, Sakti Shakti, Saktism, Ritual Rituals, Jajmani, Sociology Ethnology