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Gods of Flesh, Gods of Stone: The Embodiment of Divinity in India

By Vasudha Narayanan , Joanne Punzo Waghorne (editor) , Norman Cutler (editor)

Book information

Publisher
Columbia University Press
Year
1985
ISBN
0231107773, 9780231107778
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
31 MB (32936581 bytes)
Edition
Revised
Pages
208\216
Time added
2022-04-09 17:31:56

Description

Drawing from topics of religion in India such as bhakti, puja rituals, and spirit posessions, these essays offer a close study of the physical representations of god as the central feature of Hinduism. A valuable tool for students of anthroplogy and the philosophy and history of religion.

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