Narmadaparikrama - circumambulation of the Narmada River : on the tradition of a unique Hindu pilgrimage /
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| Author / Creator: | Neuss, Jürgen |
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| Uniform title: | Narmadāpradakṣiṇā |
| Imprint: | Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2012. |
| Description: | 1 online resource (xxv, 405 p.) : ill., maps. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Brill's Indological library ; v. 42 Brill's Indological library ; v. 42. |
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| Format: | E-Resource Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8969151 |
| Summary: | In Narmadāparikramā. Circumambulation of the Narmadā River Jürgen Neuss offers for the first time a comprehensive study of the Narmadāparikramā, a singular Hindu pilgrimage, which comprises the complete circumambulation of the Central Indian river Narmadā. Following a brief general introduction, the first part of the book comprises a text-historical analysis of the Sanskrit texts which are traditionally regarded as the basis for this rite. The second part represents a synoptic translation of two modern pilgrims' handbooks in Hindi, which link the mythological place names of the Sanskrit texts with actual geographical locations. Part three consists of synopses of available Sanskrit source texts, and the concluding part summarizes the many-fold findings and results of the study in thematically arranged maps. |
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| Item Description: | Revision of the author's dissertation (doctoral--Freie Universitat Berlin, 2008) presented under title: NarmadapradaksĐinĐa : circumambulation of the Narmada River. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xxv, 405 p.) : ill., maps. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical (p. 371-376) references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9789004230286 9789004228573 9004228578 9789004230286 9004230289 |
| Access: | Available to subscribing member institutions only. |