Learning and performing Sanskrit as a sacred language: Children’s religious repertoires and syncretic practice in London
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DOI: 10.1177/13670069241257015
Abstract: We investigate how children in the Sri Lankan Tamil Hindu/Saiva faith community in London learn and use Sanskrit alongside Tamil and/or English and other multimodal and embodied resources to communicate with the Divine. The data… read more here.
Keywords: sanskrit sacred; sanskrit; language; children religious ... See more keywords