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Sa kanilang artikulo, Loss, Grief, And The Search For Significance: Toward A Model Of Meaning Reconstruction in Bereavement, sina J Gillies at R Neimeyer ay tumutuon sa "mga istruktura ng kahulugan" (p.53), at pumunta sa listahan ng 6 o 7 psychologist na sa isang kahulugan o iba pang pag-uusap tungkol sa istraktura ng kahulugan. Sinimulan ng mga may-akda ang artikulo sa, "Ang mga teorya ng konstruktivist kamakailan ay nagsimulang ipaalam ang pag-unawa sa kalungkutan, na nagbibigay-diin sa papel ng paggawa ng kahulugan sa pagbagay sa pangungulila." (p.31) Ang higit na kawili-wili ay hinati ng mga may-akda ang paggawa ng kahulugan sa tatlong kategorya: paggawa ng kahulugan, paghahanap ng benepisyo, at pagbabago ng pagkakakilanlan. Ang mga relasyon sa iba ay isang mahalagang isyu sa kanilang modelo - na may perpektong kahulugan sa pagiging kabilang at ang pangangailangang mapabilang - gaya ng itinala ni Roy Baumeister - ay napakalakas na pwersa sa kamalayan ng tao pati na rin ang pagiging isang malakas na drive sa buong kasaysayan ng tao at kalikasan ng tao ! Dahil ang mga emosyonal na attachment ay isang pangunahing salik sa pagdadalamhati sa "kahulugang muling pagtatayo" - ang pag-refigure at muling pagsasaayos ng iyong buhay sa mga tuntunin ng mga relasyon ay gagawing isang mahusay na pagtutok sa pag-unawa at pag-unawa sa mga proseso ng pagdadalamhati.

sNeel's location at the confluence of India's Ganga and Brahmaputra river systems, as well as at the apex of the Bay of Bengal (contiguous withthe eastern Indian and Burmese coasts), has made it a keytrading node. Its pivotal position in trade stands reflected by the regional and international influence of its monetary system. This essay will especially examine the sixteenth century, a seminal period of sharply changing political, economic and monetary patterns. It will, however, also provide an overview of the earlier sultanate period, as well as give a glimpse into Bengal's influence on the monetary systems of the newly emergent Great Mughals and the contemporary eastern Indian regional kingdoms' CONTEXT Geographically blessed not only with a fertile soil and abundant water, the area-also benefitted from a highly central location with respect to both land and sea modes of transportation. It was the linking node of a vast network of maritime, overland and riverine trade routes. Its maritime connections extended beyond the Bay of Bengal littoral, from the Maldives in the 'West to the Straits of Malacca in the East. It was also at the centre of an overland trade network to Burma, Tibet and Nepal, via intermediary states. Besides, it *I am grateful to Nicholas Rhodes for reading a draft of this paper and his valuable comments. I am also happy to acknowledge the editorial suggestions of Rila Mukherjee. Errors and omissions remain my responsibilitY.

Title: দেবী, আদিবাসী-রাজা ও ব্রাহ্মণ্যবাদঃ প্রাগজ্যোতিষের ধার্মিক রূপান্তর ও সামাজিক অন্তর্দন্ধ (The Goddess, the Tribal Kings and Brahmanism: The Religious Transformations and Social Dynamics of Pragjyotisha)
Abstract: The paper deals with the religious transformations of Kamrup (India) between the 5th and 16th century vis-à-vis the Brahminical dominance in the Indo-Gangetic plains of India. It explores the trajectory of the transformations of the Kamakhya, the local cult/deity of ancient and medieval Assam into a Brahminical goddess. The paper also argues how the interpretations of Puranas and Tantras, were able to legitimize and include the pre-Hinduised practices of Kamrup into larger Brahminical fold and concludes by arguing that the many phases of religious transformations of Assam were a part of the larger political project of Kamrup/Pragjyotisha, where the tribal kings played an important role in seeking their political legitimacy in a multi-ethnic land at the borders of Brahminical and non-Brahminical practices.