The Place of Devotion - Siting and Experiencing Divinity in Bengal-Vaishnavism

1. Auflage 2015
ISBN: 978-0-520-28771-6
Verlag: University of California Press

Buch, Englisch, 292 Seiten, Trade Paperback, Format (B × H): 153 mm x 228 mm, Gewicht: 430 g

Reihe: South Asia Across the Disciplines

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Hindu devotional traditions have long been recognized for their sacred geographies as well as the sensuous aspects of their devotees' experiences. Largely overlooked, however, are the subtle links between these religious expressions. Based on intensive fieldwork conducted among worshippers in Bengal’s Navadvip-Mayapur sacred complex, this book discusses the diverse and contrasting ways in which Bengal-Vaishnava devotees experience sacred geography and divinity. Sukanya Sarbadhikary documents an extensive range of practices, which draw on the interactions of mind, body, and viscera. She shows how perspectives on religion, embodiment, affect, and space are enriched when sacred spatialities of internal and external forms are studied at once.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Sarbadhikary, Sukanya

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Buddhismus Buddhismus: Kult, Riten, Zeremonien
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Buddhismus Buddhismus: Leben & Praxis, Soziale Aspekte
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religionsgeschichte

Über Autor(innen)

Sukanya Sarbadhikary is Assistant Professor of Sociology at Presidency University, Kolkata.