The Place of Devotion : Siting and Experiencing Divinity in Bengal-Vaishnavism /

"The anthropology of Hinduism has amply established that Hindus have strong involvement with sacred geography. The Hindu sacred topography is dotted with innumerable pilgrimage places, and popular Hinduism is abundant with spatial imaginings. Thus Shiva and his partner, the mother goddess, live...

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محفوظ في:
التفاصيل البيبلوغرافية
المؤلف الرئيسي: Sarbadhikary, Sukanya, 1983- (مؤلف)
التنسيق: الكتروني كتاب الكتروني
اللغة:الإنجليزية
منشور في: Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2015]
سلاسل:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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جدول المحتويات:
  • Introduction : siting and experiencing divinity in Bengal-Vaishnavism
  • Discovering Gupta-Vrindavan : finding selves and places in the storied landscape
  • Imagining in Gupta-Vrindvan : experiencing the self and emotions in the mind-heart landscape
  • Bodying Gupta-Vrindavan : experiencing the self and emotions in the corporeal space
  • Serving Gupta-Vrindavan : devotional service in the physical place and the workings of the "International society"
  • Listening to Vrindavan : chanting and musical experience as embodying a devotional soundscape
  • Conclusion.