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Hindu images and their worship with special reference to Vaisnavism : a philosophical-theological inquiry / Julius J. Lipner.
Van Pelt Library BL1284.552 .L57 2017
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lipner, Julius, author.
- Series:
- RoutledgeCurzon Hindu studies series
- Routledge Hindu studies series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Vaishnavism--Customs and practices.
- Vaishnavism.
- Idols and images--India--Worship.
- Idols and images.
- Worship.
- India.
- Physical Description:
- vii, 250 pages ; 25 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2017.
- Contents:
- Machine-generated contents note: PART I
- 1. "The heathen in his blindness [...]": methodological considerations
- 2. In retrospect: the trajectory of image-worship in the light of Yamuna's Agamapramanya
- 3. On conceptualizing the foundations of Hindu image-worship
- 4. The Samkhya paradigm re-configured and re-imagined: three further illustrations
- PART II
- 5. The art of the possible: on establishing a convention
- 6. Hindu dharma and the making of images
- 7. On the sense and sensibility of Hindu religious art
- 8. Deity embodied: a theological consideration of the form, worship and meaning of Hindu images.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-244) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781138291133
- 1138291137
- OCLC:
- 957744055
- Publisher Number:
- 40027280910
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