Nectar Gaze and Poison Breath An Analysis and Translation of the Rajasthani Oral Narrative of Devnarayan

Offers a study of "Devnarayan ki par", along with an English translation of this Rajasthani oral narrative. Using the narrative, this book explores a range of questions relevant to the study of Indian folk culture and Hinduism as a whole: how is orality conceptualized and practiced? What is the relationship between spoken and visual signs?