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Libro 11 de 40: Routledge Hindu Studies

Jacobsen, Knut A. A.

 
9781138844667: Pilgrimage in the Hindu Tradition (Routledge Hindu Studies Series) [Idioma Inglés]
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ISBN 10: 1138844667 ISBN 13: 9781138844667
Editorial: Routledge, 2015

Sinopsis

Salvific space is one of the central ideas in the Hindu traditions of pilgrimage, and concerns the ability of space, especially sites associated with bodies of water such as rivers and lakes, to grant salvific rewards. Focusing on religious, historical and sociological questions about the phenomenon, this book investigates the narratives, rituals, history and structures of salvific space, and looks at how it became a central feature of Hinduism.

Arguing that salvific power of place became a major dimension of Hinduism through a development in several stages, the book analyses the historical process of how salvific space and pilgrimage in the Hindu tradition developed. It discusses how the traditions of salvific space exemplify the decentred polycentrism that defines Hinduism. The book uses original data from field research, as well as drawing on main textual sources such as Mahābhārata, the Purāṇas, the medieval digests on pilgrimage places (tīrthas), and a number of Sthalapurāṇas and Māhātmyas praising the salvific power of the place. By looking at some of the contradictions in and challenges to the tradition of Hindu salvific space in history and in contemporary India, the book is a useful study on Hinduism and South Asian Studies.

. NOTA: El libro no está en español, sino en inglés.

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Acerca del autor

Knut A. Jacobsen is Professor in the History of Religions at the University of Bergen, Norway. He has published widely on religions in South Asia and in the South Asian diasporas.

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Editorial
Routledge
Año de publicación
2015
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
1138844667
ISBN 13 
9781138844667
Encuadernación
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Número de edición
1
Número de páginas
208
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