Pilgrimage in the Hindu tradition
Subtitle: salvific space
By: Knut A. Jacobsen
Series: Routledge Hindu studies series
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 208
ISBN-13: 9780415590389; 9780203102510
Subjects: Hinduism; Space; Salvation; Hindu pilgrims and pilgrimages; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Concepts and sources; title: Salvific space, narratives and space as divinity; title: Origin of the Hindu traditions of salvific space; title: Growth and omnipresence of the Hindu traditions of salvific space; title: Narratives and doctrines of salvific space : the example of Sage Kapila; title: Structure of salvific space : a pluralistic pilgrimage tradition or why there is no mecca of Hinduism; title: Contradictions and challenges.