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035			_a(OCoLC)1104432267
040			_aMdBmJHUP _cMdBmJHUP
100	1		_aSarbadhikary, Sukanya, _d1983- _eauthor.
245	1	4	_aThe Place of Devotion : _bSiting and Experiencing Divinity in Bengal-Vaishnavism / _cSukanya Sarbadhikary.
264		1	_aOakland, California : _bUniversity of California Press, _c[2015]
264		3	_aBaltimore, Md. : _bProject MUSE, _c2019
264		4	_c©[2015]
300			_a1 online resource (294 pages): _billustrations (some color)
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
490	0		_aSouth Asia across the disciplines ; _v23
505	0		_aIntroduction : siting and experiencing divinity in Bengal-Vaishnavism -- Discovering Gupta-Vrindavan : finding selves and places in the storied landscape -- Imagining in Gupta-Vrindvan : experiencing the self and emotions in the mind-heart landscape -- Bodying Gupta-Vrindavan : experiencing the self and emotions in the corporeal space -- Serving Gupta-Vrindavan : devotional service in the physical place and the workings of the "International society" -- Listening to Vrindavan : chanting and musical experience as embodying a devotional soundscape -- Conclusion.
506	0		_aOpen Access _fUnrestricted online access _2star
520			_a"The anthropology of Hinduism has amply established that Hindus have strong involvement with sacred geography. The Hindu sacred topography is dotted with innumerable pilgrimage places, and popular Hinduism is abundant with spatial imaginings. Thus Shiva and his partner, the mother goddess, live in the Himalayas, goddesses descend on earth as beautiful rivers, the goddess Kali's body parts are imagined to have fallen in various sites of Hindu geography sanctifying them as sacred centres, and yogis meditate in forests. Bengal similarly has a thriving culture of exalting sacred centres and pilgrimage places, one of the most important among them being the Navadvip-Mayapur sacred complex, Bengal's greatest site of guru-centred Vaishnavite pilgrimage and devotional life. The main question my book seeks to answer is what sites and senses of place beyond physical geographical ones can do to our notions of space/place, affect, and sanctity. While the contemporary anthropology of place and embodiment, following Edward Casey's philosophy (1993), is dominated by the idea of body-in-place, my book seeks to extend his formulations by also analysing cultural constructions and experiences of place in the body, mind etc. Traveling through both exterior and interior landscapes, I show that the practitioner inhabits Krishna's world through every daily religious practice. The synaesthesia that results from the overlap of these different planes of experience confirms the intensely transformative power of Vaishnava ritual processes"--Provided by publisher
546			_aEnglish.
588			_aDescription based on print version record.
650		7	_aVaishnavism. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst01163740
650		7	_aSacred space. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst01103191
650		7	_aAnthropology of religion. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst01738842
650		7	_aSOCIAL SCIENCE _xSociology of Religion. _2bisacsh
650		7	_aSociety and social sciences Society and social sciences. _2bicssc
650		7	_aSociety and culture: general. _2bicssc
650		7	_aSocial groups. _2bicssc
650		7	_aReligious groups: social and cultural aspects. _2bicssc
650		7	_aReligion: general. _2bicssc
650		7	_aReligion and beliefs. _2bicssc
650		7	_aOther non-Christian religions. _2bicssc
650		7	_aHumanities. _2bicssc
650		7	_aCultural studies. _2bicssc
650		6	_aAnthropologie religieuse _zBengale (Bangladesh et Inde)
650		6	_aLieux sacres _zBengale (Bangladesh et Inde)
650		6	_aVishnouisme _zBengale (Bangladesh et Inde)
650		0	_aAnthropology of religion _zIndia _zBengal.
650		0	_aSacred space _zIndia _zBengal.
650		0	_aVaishnavism _zIndia _zBengal.
651		7	_aIndia _zBengal. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst01213579
655		7	_aElectronic books. _2local
710	2		_aProject Muse. _edistributor
830		0	_aBook collections on Project MUSE.
856	4	0	_zFull text available: _uhttps://muse.jhu.edu/book/63403/
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