Darśan, Seeing the Divine Image in IndiaThis work offers a study of the physical representations of God as the central feature of Hinduism. Each of the essays explores a different topic of religion in India: bhakti, popular village procession, puja rituals, spirit possession and guru cults. |
Contents
Preface | 1 |
The Nature of the Hindu Image | 23 |
Image Temple and Pilgrimage | 44 |
Copyright | |
2 other sections not shown
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
ancient aniconic aniconic image ārati Arnheim artist auspicious avatāra bathing Bhagavad Bhagavad Gītā bhakti Brahmā Brahman Buddhism called Camerini century Charlotte Vaudeville consecration cult culture daitas darśan deity Delhi Devi devotion divine image Durgā E. M. Forster especially eyes famous film Gaṇeśa Gangā Goddess gods Gonda Govardhan Hindu Temple Hindu tradition Hindu worship Hinduism holy Home Shrine honor icon Iconography Image India Series Indian Pilgrimage ISKCON Jagannath Kāśī Kramrisch Kṛṣṇa linga Lord M. R. Binford Madurai mandala Mathurā means Muslim myths names and forms offerings Pandharpur pilgrims prasād present pūjā Purāņas Puri Rādhā Rāmānuja Ramdev Rāmdevrā religious rites ritual River sacred sādhu sadhus saints Śaiva sanctum sannyāsins Sanskrit seen sense Śiva Śiva's slide set South Asian South India Śrī Śri Vaisnava stone symbolic Tamil tion tirthas touching University upacara Upanisad Vaiṣṇava Vārāṇasī Veda Vedic Vedic fire altar village visible Viṣņu visual Vraj Vṛndāvan Yakṣas