TY  - BOOK
AU  - Babb, Lawrence A. & others
TI  - Desert temples : sacred centers of Rajasthan in historical, art-historical, and social contexts
SN  - 8131601064
U1  - 726.10954 
PY  - 2008///
CY  - Jaipur,New Delhi etc
PB  - Rawat Pubs.
N1  - CONTENTS : Acknowledgements  vii Note on Language  ix List of Plates  xi Map  xv Introduction  1 Lawrence A. Babb, John E. Cort, and Michael W. Meister Part I  HISTORIES 1. Sweetmeats or Corpses?  23 Michael W. Meister 2. Time and Temples  42 Lawrence A. Babb Part II  STRUCTURES 3. Building a Temple  63 Michael W. Meister 4. Water in a Desert Landscape  79 Michael W. Meister 5. Light on the Lotus  84 Michael W. Meister Part III  PILGRIMS AND PATRONS 6. Pilgrimage and Identity in Rajasthan  93 John E. Cort 7. Patronage, Authority, Proprietary Rights, and History  115 John E. Cort Part IV  SOCIAL IDENTITIES 8. Constructing a Jain Mendicant Lineage  135 John E. Cort 9. Cleaving to the Goddess  170 Lawrence A. Babb Bibliography  191 Index  205 Plates  209
ER  -