India : a sacred geography

India : a sacred geography / Diana L. Eck.

"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.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Eck, Diana L.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Three Rivers Press, c2012.
Subjects:
Sacred space > India.
Hinduism > India.
India > Religion.
Table of 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.

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