India : a sacred geography /
Eck, Diana L.
India : a sacred geography / by Diana L. Eck. - 1st ed. - New York : Three Rivers Press, 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 GangaÌ 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 RaÌma : the RaÌmayaÌna on the landscape of India.
9780385531924 9780385531917 (e-book)
2011009237
Sacred space--India.
Hinduism--India.
India--Religion.
BL2001.3 / .E25 2012
294.50954
India : a sacred geography / by Diana L. Eck. - 1st ed. - New York : Three Rivers Press, 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 GangaÌ 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 RaÌma : the RaÌmayaÌna on the landscape of India.
9780385531924 9780385531917 (e-book)
2011009237
Sacred space--India.
Hinduism--India.
India--Religion.
BL2001.3 / .E25 2012
294.50954