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Pilgrimage in the Hindu Tradition
- Salvific Space
Engelsk
Bogcover for Pilgrimage in the Hindu Tradition af Knut A. Jacobsen, 9781138844667
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Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
208
ISBN-13:
9781138844667
Indbinding:
Paperback
ISBN-10:
1138844667
Kategori:
Udg. Dato:
21 aug 2015
Størrelse i cm:
15,8 x 23,5 x 2,0
Oplagsdato:
21 aug 2015
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Pilgrimage in the Hindu Tradition

- Salvific Space
Engelsk
Paperback 2015
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Salvific space is one of the central ideas in the Hindu traditions of pilgrimage, and concerns the ability of space, especially sites associated with bodies of water such as rivers and lakes, to grant salvific rewards. Focusing on religious, historical and sociological questions about the phenomenon, this book investigates the narratives, rituals, history and structures of salvific space, and looks at how it became a central feature of Hinduism.

Arguing that salvific power of place became a major dimension of Hinduism through a development in several stages, the book analyses the historical process of how salvific space and pilgrimage in the Hindu tradition developed. It discusses how the traditions of salvific space exemplify the decentred polycentrism that defines Hinduism. The book uses original data from field research, as well as drawing on main textual sources such as Mahābhārata, the Purāṇas, the medieval digests on pilgrimage places (tīrthas), and a number of Sthalapurāṇas and Māhātmyas praising the salvific power of the place. By looking at some of the contradictions in and challenges to the tradition of Hindu salvific space in history and in contemporary India, the book is a useful study on Hinduism and South Asian Studies.

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Specifikationer
Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
208
ISBN-13:
9781138844667
Indbinding:
Paperback
ISBN-10:
1138844667
Kategori:
Udg. Dato:
21 aug 2015
Størrelse i cm:
15,8 x 23,5 x 2,0
Oplagsdato:
21 aug 2015
Forfatter(e):
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