Darsan

Seeing the Divine Image in India
third Auflage
ISBN: 978-0-231-11265-9
Verlag: Columbia University Press

Buch, Englisch, 97 Seiten, Print PDF, Format (B × H): 154 mm x 230 mm, Gewicht: 180 g

Reihe: Translations from the Asian Classics

The role of the visual is essential to Hindu tradition and culture, but many attempts to understand India's divine images have been laden with misperceptions. Darsan, a Sanskrit word that means "seeing," is an aid to our vision, a book of ideas to help us read, think, and look at Hindu images with appreciation and imagination.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Eck, Diana (Harvard Divinity School)

Eck, Diana

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Hinduismus
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft | Kulturwissenschaften Kulturwissenschaften
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Moderne Philosophische Disziplinen Philosophische Anthropologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface to the Third EditionPreface to the Second EditionSeeing the SacredA. DarsanB. The Visible IndiaC. Film ImagesD. The Image of GodE. The Polytheistic ImaginationThe Nature of the Hindu ImagesA. The Aniconic and the Iconic ImagesB. The Ritual Uses of the ImagesC. Creation and Consecration of ImagesD. Festivals and ImagesImage, Temple, and PilgrimageA. The Temple and the ImageB. Image and PilgrimageAfterword: Seeing the Divine Image in AmericaA. America's Murtis and TemplesB. Sri Lakshmi Temple: The Process of Divine EmbodimentNotesAppendix I. BibliographyAppendix II. Note on PronunciationAppendix III. GlossaryIndex

Über Autor(innen)

Diana L. Eck, professor of comparative religion and Indian studies, and director of The Pluralism Project at Harvard University, is the editor ofOn Common Ground: World Religions in America, a multimedia CD-ROM (Columbia).