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

• Autore: Jacobsen Knut A. <1956-, >
• Pubblicazione: London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2013
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (209 p.)
• Disciplina: 294.5/351
• Soggetto topico: Hindu pilgrims and pilgrimages; Salvation - Hinduism; Space - Religious aspects - Hinduism; Hinduism - History
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Pilgrimage in the Hindu tradition
• ISBN: 1-136-24030-6; 0-203-10251-7; 1-299-27942-2; 1-136-24031-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910792197003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: RoutledgeCurzon Hindu studies series.