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India : a sacred geography / by Diana L. Eck.
Van Pelt Library BL2001.3 .E25 2012
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Eck, Diana L.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Sacred space.
- India--Religion.
- India.
- Religion.
- Sacred space--India.
- Hinduism--India.
- Hinduism.
- Physical Description:
- x, 559 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Harmony Books, [2012]
- Summary:
- India" explores the sacred places of India, taking the reader on an extraordinary trip through the beliefs and history of this rich and profound place.
- Contents:
- A sacred geography, an imagined landscape
- "What is India?"
- Rose Apple Island : India in the lotus of the world
- The Gangā and the rivers of India
- Shiva's light in the land of India
- Shakti, the distribution of the body of the goddess
- Vishnu, endless and descending
- The land and story of Krishna
- Following Rāma : the Rāmayāna on the landscape of India
- A pilgrim's India today.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [475]-491) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780385531900
- 0385531907
- 9780385531917
- 0385531915
- OCLC:
- 701017703
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