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020 _a0385531907
082 _a294.50954
_bECK
100 _aEck, Diana L.
245 _aIndia : a sacred geography
260 _aNew York
_bHarmony Books
_c2012
300 _ax,559p.
500 _aCONTENTS 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
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891 _aUD
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