India : a sacred geography
Eck, Diana L.
India : a sacred geography by Diana L. Eck. - 1st ed. - New York : Harmony Books, c2012. - 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.
9780385531900 9780385531917 (ebook)
2011009237
Sacred space--India.
Hinduism--India.
India--Religion.
BL2001.3 / .E25 2012
BL 2001.3 ECK
India : a sacred geography by Diana L. Eck. - 1st ed. - New York : Harmony Books, c2012. - 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.
9780385531900 9780385531917 (ebook)
2011009237
Sacred space--India.
Hinduism--India.
India--Religion.
BL2001.3 / .E25 2012
BL 2001.3 ECK