India a sacred geography

Eck, Diana L

India a sacred geography - New York Three Rivers Press 2012 - x, 559 p. ill. 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references (p. [475]-491) and index.

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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Sacred space--India.
Hinduism--India.


India--Religion.

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