The Hindu Concept of Self-refinement: Implicit yet Meaningful

Psychology and Developing Societies

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 195-222

  Menon, Usha ^a  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

'second childishness'; culture; daily ablutions; nature; sakti

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878907678     PISSN: 09713336     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0971333613477320     Document Type: Article

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