1.

Record Nr.

UNISA990000695230203316

Autore

MERLIN, Pierre

Titolo

Tourisme et aménagement touristique : des objectifs inconciliables? / Pierre Merlin

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Paris : La documentation française, 2001

Descrizione fisica

216 p. ; 24 cm

Collana

Notes et études documentaires ; 5133-34

Disciplina

338.47910944

Soggetti

Francia Sviluppo turistico

Collocazione

XXX.A. Coll. 150/ 257 (COLL. HCP 5133-34)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Francese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910465162303321

Autore

Jacobsen Knut A. <1956-, >

Titolo

Pilgrimage in the Hindu tradition : salvific space / / Knut A. Jacobsen

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2013

ISBN

0-203-10251-7

1-299-27942-2

1-136-24031-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (209 p.)

Collana

Routledge Hindu studies series

Disciplina

294.5/351

Soggetti

Hindu pilgrims and pilgrimages

Salvation - Hinduism

Space - Religious aspects - Hinduism

Hinduism - History

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia



Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [177]-186) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Concepts and sources -- Salvific space, narratives and space as divinity -- The origin of the Hindu traditions of salvific space -- The growth and omnipresence of the Hindu traditions of salvific space -- Narratives and doctrines of salvific space : the example of sage Kapila -- The structure of Hindu salvific space : a pluralistic pilgrimage tradition or why there is no Mecca of Hinduism -- Contradictions and challenges.

Sommario/riassunto

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 hist