Loving stones: making the impossible possible in the worship of Mount Govardhan
'Loving Stones' is a study of devotees' conceptions of and worshipful interactions with Mount Govardhan, a sacred mountain located in the Braj region of north-central India that has for centuries been considered an embodied form of Krishna.
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| Type de support: | Électronique Livre |
| Langue: | Anglais |
| Service de livraison Subito: | Commander maintenant. |
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| Fernleihe: | Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste |
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New York
Oxford University Press
2020
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| Dans: | Année: 2020 |
| Collection/Revue: | Oxford scholarship online
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| Sujets non-standardisés: | B
Girirāja (India)
B Hinduism ; India ; Mathura (District) ; Customs and practices B Worship (Hinduism) B Mathura (India : District) ; Religious life and customs B Anthropomorphism |
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Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) |
| Édition parallèle: | Erscheint auch als: 9780190086718 |
| Résumé: | 'Loving Stones' is a study of devotees' conceptions of and worshipful interactions with Mount Govardhan, a sacred mountain located in the Braj region of north-central India that has for centuries been considered an embodied form of Krishna. |
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| Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index. - Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on March 31, 2020) |
| ISBN: | 0190086750 |