| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
x, 559 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [475]-539) and index. |
| 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. |
| Summary |
"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. |
| Subject |
India -- Religion.
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Sacred space -- India.
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Hinduism -- India.
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| ISBN |
9780385531900 |
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0385531907 |
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