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Sacred India

Ann C. Boger

Sacred India

Hinduism, Buddhism, and Jainism

by Ann C. Boger

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Published by Published by the Cleveland Museum of Art in cooperation with Indiana University Press in [Cleveland, Ohio] .
Written in

    Places:
  • India
    • Subjects:
    • India -- Religion

    • Edition Notes

      Bibliography: p. 59-60.

      StatementAnn C. Boger and JoEllen K. DeOreo ; [museum photography by Nicholas Hlobeczy, map by Joseph L. Finizia].
      ContributionsDeOreo, Joellen K. 1940-, Cleveland Museum of Art.
      Classifications
      LC ClassificationsBL2001.2 .B64 1985
      The Physical Object
      Pagination60 p. :
      Number of Pages60
      ID Numbers
      Open LibraryOL2538598M
      ISBN 100910386846
      LC Control Number85019559

      Sacred India. Home. WorldCat Home About WorldCat Help. Search. Search for Library Items Search for Lists Search for Contacts Search for a Library. Create Book: ISBN: OCLC Number: Notes: Previous edition: Description.   India: A Sacred Geography is the summation of a lifetime of study, observation and travel. This book remains a landmark of scholarship and learned empathy, and reminds us of a .

      most respected : A Sacred Geography is the culmination of more than a decade's work from the renowned Harvard scholar Diana L. Eck. The book explores the sacred places of India, taking the reader on an extraordinary trip through the beliefs and history of this rich and. About India. A spiritual history of the world’s most religiously complex and diverse society, from one of Harvard’s most respected scholars. India: A Sacred Geography is the culmination of more than a decade’s work from the renowned Harvard scholar Diana L. Eck. The book explores the sacred places of India, taking the reader on an extraordinary trip through the beliefs and history of.

      Krishna is easily recognized by his representations. Though his skin color may be depicted as black or dark in some representations, particularly in murtis, in other images such as modern pictorial representations. Thus, it seems that the Indus valley people knew stories related to Krishna. This lone find may not establish Krishna as contemporary with Pre-Indus or Indus times, but, likewise.   Diane Eck, 'India: A Sacred Geography. Two themes stand out in this outstanding scholarly study of 'India: A Sacred Geography', A) the pilgrim and B) What is India. This book approaches the landscape from the pilgrims' point of view: as mythology rooted in geography. Ms Eck travels to the sites of Shiva's many manifestations, picks up the /5(60).


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