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Benares : the sacred landscape of Vārānasi / Niels Gutschow.
Van Pelt Library BL1243.76.V382 G87 2006
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Gutschow, Niels
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Pilgrims and pilgrimages--India--Vārānasi (Uttar Pradesh).
- Pilgrims and pilgrimages.
- India--Vārānasi (Uttar Pradesh).
- Hindu temples--India--Vārānasi (Uttar Pradesh).
- Hindu temples.
- Vārānasi (Uttar Pradesh, India)--Religious life and customs.
- Vārānasi (Uttar Pradesh, India).
- Physical Description:
- 498 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps (some color), plans ; 28 cm
- Other Title:
- Sacred landscape of Vārānasi
- Place of Publication:
- Stuttgart : Edition Axel Menges, 2006.
- Summary:
- The book gives a comprehensive view of the complex world of india's sacred place par excellence, also known as Barnes.
- Contents:
- Part I Picture Maps
- The "Victoria & Albert Museum picture map" 42
- The "Delhi Museum picture map" 45
- Saptapuriyatradiprakasapatram 50
- The Kasidarpana - Mirror of Kasi of Kailasanatha Sukula, 1876 55
- The Kasidarpanapurti of Krsnacandra Sarma, 1877 74
- The Kasi Citra - the "Image of Kasi" of Sri G. Vandopadhyaya in 1940 81
- Sri Kasi Pancakrosi Tirthasarsana, 1970 91
- Pancakrosi ka Manacitra, by Sivananda Sarasvati, 1991 101
- The Map of Kashi, c. 1975 105
- Bharata Mata - maps of India as objects of worship 109
- Part II Built Maps
- Pancakrosi Mandir 113
- Krsna Degah - a temple in Patan, Nepal 180
- Temple compounds as miniature sacred landscape 187
- Part III Sacred Territories - Pilgrimages
- Pancakrosiyatra 207
- Avimukta - Muktiksetra 265
- Antargrhayatra 283
- Part IV The Grammar of Sanctification
- Duplication and multiplication - the grammar of creating a sacred landscape 340
- Gracing and protecting territories - groups of temples and places 367
- Part V Panoramas
- A Complete View of the Benares City, dated c. 1911 422
- The Map of Kashi - Asali Bada Naksa Kasi Ka, printed c. 1975 431
- Panorama photograph by Stanislaw Klimek, 21st November 2000 432
- Part VI Topographical Maps
- The myth of "objective" geographical representation - the emergence of modern mapping in India 460
- Topographical maps of Varanasi 463.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 496-498) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.
- ISBN:
- 393668104X
- OCLC:
- 67868533
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