India
Subtitle: a sacred geography
By: by Diana L. Eck
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Harmony Books
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 559
ISBN-13: 9780385531900; 9780385531917
Subjects: Religion; Sacred space; Hinduism
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: A sacred geography, an imagined landscape; title: What is India?; title: Rose Apple Island : India in the lotus of the world; title: The Gangā and the rivers of India; title: Shiva's light in the land of India; title: Shakti, the distribution of the body of the goddess; title: Vishnu : endless and descending; title: The land and story of Krishna; title: Following Rāma : the Rāmayāna on the landscape of India.