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_a294.50954 _bECK |
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100 | _aEck, Diana L. | ||
245 | _aIndia : a sacred geography | ||
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_aNew York _bHarmony Books _c2012 |
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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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