Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies Library

Pilgrimage in the Hindu tradition :

Jacobsen, Knut A., 1956-

Pilgrimage in the Hindu tradition : salvific space / Knut A. Jacobsen. - London ; New York : Routledge, 2013. - 195 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm. - Routledge Hindu studies series .

Includes bibliographical references (pages 177-186) and index.

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.

9780415590389 9780203102510 (ebook)

2012006270


Hindu pilgrims and pilgrimages.
Salvation--Hinduism.
Space--Religious aspects--Hinduism.
Hinduism--History.

BL1239.32 / .J33 2013

294.5/351