TY - BOOK AU - Eck, Diana L. TI - India : a sacred geography SN - 0385531907 U1 - 294.50954 PY - 2012/// CY - New York PB - Harmony Books N1 - CONTENTS Note on Transliteration and Pronunciationix CHAPTER 1 A SACRED GEOGRAPHY, AN IMAGINED LANDSCAPE1 CHAPTER 2 WHAT Is INDIA? 43 CHAPTER 3 ROSE APPLE ISLAND: INDIA IN THE LOTUS OF THE WORLD107 CHAPTER 4 THE GANGA AND THE RIVERS OF INDIA131 CHAPTER 5 SHIVA'S LIGHT IN THE LAND OF INDIA189 CHAPTER 6 SHAKTI, THE DISTRIBUTION OF THE BODY OF THE GODDESS 257 CHAPTER 7 VISHNU, ENDLESS AND DESCENDING 301 CHAPTER 8 THE LAND AND STORY OF KRISHNA347 CHAPTER 9 FOLLOWING RAMA: THE RAMAYANA ON THE LANDSCAPE OF INDIA399 CHAPTER 10 A PILGRIM'S INDIA TODAY 441 Acknowledgments457 Glossary461 Bibliography475 Notes493 Index541 ER -