Possession is a polyvalent term that in South Asian contexts may refer to multiple dimensions of religious and supernatural experiences. The semantic and conceptual boundaries of the notion of possession are not clearly drawn. The term overlaps with notions of health, illness, misfortune, failure, luck, intense devotion, …
Possession(7,819 words)
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Basu, Helene, “Possession”, in: Brill’s Encyclopedia of Hinduism Online, Editor-in-Chief Associate Editors Knut A. Jacobsen, Helene Basu, Angelika Malinar, Vasudha Narayanan. Consulted online on 02 March 2021 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/2212-5019_BEH_COM_000181>
First published online: 2018
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