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Calendar festive and ritual culture of the Mordva-Moksha of Bashkiria (traditions in the realities of modernity)

open access: yesФинно-угорский мир
Introduction. Calendar rituals represent a key element of the ethnic traditions of any people. Despite the extensive scholarly exploration of traditional Mordovian rituals, their manifestations within diaspora communities – particularly among the Moksha ...
Ranus R. Sadikov
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From Occupational Stigma to Mukti: Liberation, Place, and Agency Among Sex Workers in Sonagachi

open access: yesGender, Work &Organization, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article examines how former sex workers in Sonagachi, Kolkata, India, navigate occupational and place‐based stigma through spiritual repertoires, of which mukti (liberation) is a central tool. Drawing on critical, embedded ethnography across three fieldwork periods (2001, 2011, and 2019) with long‐term engagement in the Freeset community,
Edwina Pio   +3 more
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Bhartiya darshan main moksha (Darshanika chayanika)

open access: yes, 2018
The Work describes and discusses about the concept of Moksha in the various Indian Philosophical Systems. A lucid brief introductory details are presented in this work.
Dubey, Sushim
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Archaeological Sites of the Moksha River Region in the Golden Horde Period

open access: yesПоволжская археология
The Moksha Region was a significant region for the Golden Horde. There was a city that arose in the 13th century – Mohshi (Naruchal), which was the main “beled” for the entire area.
Zeleneev Yury A.
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Apocalyptic Visions and Ecofeminist Narratives in Three Southeast Asian Women's Fiction

open access: yesWorld Englishes, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Apocalypse that describes ‘end‐of‐world’ scenarios have been especially prolific in the past few decades since the climate crisis has prophesied the imminent destruction of natural and human habitats. Apocalyptic literatures present insights into the various problems that beset humanity currently and extrapolate the inevitable consequences ...
Chitra Sankaran
wiley   +1 more source

Conceptions of national identity and interreligious contact avoidance in differing domains: A multigroup analysis of majority and minority religious groups in India

open access: yesBritish Journal of Social Psychology, Volume 65, Issue 3, July 2026.
Abstract The current research examined how inclusive versus exclusive conceptions of national identity were associated with interreligious contact avoidance across relatively public (neighbours) versus private (marriage) domains among majority and minority religious groups.
Kumar Yogeeswaran   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Moksha: A critique. (NIAS Lecture No.L2-2002) [PDF]

open access: yes, 2002
The Purusharthas are the chosen value elements of the Vedas and these are four in number. In order of importance, they are economic stability - Artha; love, sex and entertainment - Kama; the order of universe, be it moral, judicial or societal - Dharma ...
Ramanna, Raja
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Injuries and Diseases of the Population of the Upper Sura and Moksha Rivers in the 17th–18th CC [PDF]

open access: yes, 2021
The article characterizes the anthropological materials with traces of pathological changes. All material has been discovered in the territory of the Upper Sura and Moksha rivers, and dated the 17th-18th centuries. Two osteological collections from older
Olga A. Kalmina   +2 more
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Demographic Momentum and Fertility Responses to Pronatalist Policies: The Case of Ethnic Minorities in Russia

open access: yesPopulation, Space and Place, Volume 32, Issue 2, March 2026.
ABSTRACT Russia's Maternal Capital policy initially increased total fertility rates, stimulating much discussion on whether it would result in more births or only earlier births. Effects of that policy upon different ethnic groups within Russia, however, have not received systematic attention.
Konstantin Kazenin   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Condition of the Mordvin Languages as Suggested by the Results of the Terminological Dictionary Project ”Terminologia Scholaris * Shkol´naja terminologija”; pp. 278-289 [PDF]

open access: yesLinguistica Uralica, 2015
On the initiative of the institute Collegium Fenno-Ugricum in 2010—2011 the school terminology of ten school subjects in five Finno-Ugric languages of Russia (Erzya, Moksha, Mari, Komi, Udmurt) has been elaborated to provide the means for writing ...
János Pusztay
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