India
A Sacred Geography
New York : Harmony Books, [2012]
Format: Book
Edition: First edition.
Description: x, 559 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
A spiritual history of India provides coverage of its sacred places, its core tenets, and the historical events of specific regions while sharing a basic introduction to Hindu religious ideas and how they have influenced modern India.
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.
ISBN:
0385531907
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
RELIGION Eastern Eck | Main (Downtown) | Third Level, Nonfiction | Out (Due: 5/9/2024) |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [475]-491) and index.