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

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"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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Autore principale: Sarbadhikary, Sukanya, 1983- (Autore)
Natura: Elettronico eBook
Lingua:inglese
Pubblicazione: Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2015]
Serie:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Soggetti:
Vaishnavism.
Sacred space.
Anthropology of religion.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Sociology of Religion.
Society and social sciences Society and social sciences.
Society and culture: general.
Social groups.
Religious groups: social and cultural aspects.
Religion: general.
Religion and beliefs.
Other non-Christian religions.
Humanities.
Cultural studies.
Anthropologie religieuse > Bengale (Bangladesh et Inde)
Lieux sacres > Bengale (Bangladesh et Inde)
Vishnouisme > Bengale (Bangladesh et Inde)
Anthropology of religion > India > Bengal.
Sacred space > India > Bengal.
Vaishnavism > India > Bengal.
India > Bengal.
Electronic books.
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Sommario:
  • 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.

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