LEADER 05028cam a2200613Ii 4500001 99112391023506421 005 20200214155421.0 006 m o d 007 cr ||||||||||| 008 151029t20152015caua ob 001 0 eng d 019 9274444189943961931002896524104816788310583949651066612694 020 9780520962668 |q(electronic bk.) 020 0520962664 |q(electronic bk.) 020 |z9780520287716 |q(pbk. ; |qalk. paper) 020 |z0520287711 |q(pbk. ; |qalk. paper) 024 3 9780520962668 035 (OCoLC)ocn927153610 |z(OCoLC)ocn927444418 |z(OCoLC)ocn994396193 |z(OCoLC)on1002896524 |z(OCoLC)on1048167883 |z(OCoLC)on1058394965 |z(OCoLC)on1066612694 035 (NjP)11239102-princetondb 035 |z(OCoLC)927444418 |z(OCoLC)994396193 |z(OCoLC)1002896524 |z(OCoLC)1048167883 |z(OCoLC)1058394965 |z(OCoLC)1066612694 035 |z(NjP)Voyager11239102 037 22573/ctt1ffj458 |bJSTOR 040 CUS |beng |erda |epn |cCUS |dCASSC |dCASSD |dEBLCP |dJSTOR |dIAS |dCCO |dOCLCQ |dICG |dOCLCQ |dXFH |dVT2 |dOCLCQ |dLOA |dSOI |dLND |dBIBBD |dWY@ |dU3W |dOAPEN |dOCLCQ |dKF5 |dZQP |dAU@ |dWYU |dICN |dYDX |dOCLCQ |dTXR |dNjP 041 7 eng |2iso639-3 043 a-ii--- 050 4 BL1284.532.B46 |bS37 2015 082 04 294.5/35095414 |223 100 1 Sarbadhikary, Sukanya, |d1983- |eauthor. |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2015026756 245 14 The place of devotion : |bsiting and experiencing divinity in Bengal-Vaishnavism / |cSukanya Sarbadhikary. 264 1 Oakland, California : |bUniversity of California Press, |c[2015] 264 4 |c©2015 300 1 online resource (xiv, 274 pages) : |billustrations (some color). 336 text |btxt |2rdacontent 337 computer |bc |2rdamedia 338 online resource |bcr |2rdacarrier 490 1 South Asia across the disciplines ; |v23 504 Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-260) and index. 505 0 Introduction : 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. 520 "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. 588 0 Online resource; title from PDF title page (Luminos, viewed October 29, 2015). 546 English. 650 0 Vaishnavism |zIndia |zBengal. 650 0 Sacred space |zIndia |zBengal. 650 0 Anthropology of religion |zIndia |zBengal. 650 7 Anthropology of religion. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01738842 650 7 Sacred space. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01103191 650 7 Vaishnavism. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01163740 651 7 India |zBengal. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01213579 650 4 Vaishnavism. |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85141792 650 4 Sacred Space. 650 4 India |xReligion. |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85064947 650 4 Philosophy |xEastern. 650 4 Religion |xGeneral. 650 4 Religion |xEastern. 776 08 |iPrint version:Sarbadhikary, Sukanya, 1983- |tPlace of devotion. |dOakland, California : University of California Press, [2015] |z9780520287716 |w(DLC) 2015007907 |w(OCoLC)906171639 830 0 South Asia across the disciplines ; |v23. 902 connell |bm |6a |7m |dw |f0 |e20190402