From symposion to goṣṭhī: The Adaptation of a Greek Social Custom in Ancient India
The symposion, a male social gathering that began in ancient Greece, was a social institution by and for men, hence a type of men’s society as we might understand it in modern parlance. Its manifestation on the Indian subcontinent has to date not been fully explored. In its original form, the sympos...
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Finnish Oriental Society
2021-09-01
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| Series: | Studia Orientalia Electronica |
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| Online Access: | https://journal.fi/store/article/view/102235 |