Kailas Histories - Renunciate Traditions and the Construction of Himalayan Sacred Geography (Hardcover)

Tibet's Mount Kailas is one of the world's great pilgrimage centres, renowned as an ancient sacred site that embodies a universal sacrality. But Kailas Histories: Renunciate Traditions and the Construction of Himalayan Sacred Geography demonstrates that this understanding is a recent construction by British colonial, Hindu modernist, and New Age interests. Using multiple sources, including fieldwork, Alex McKay describes how the early Indic vision of a heavenly mountain named Kailas became identified with actual mountains. He emphasises renunciate agency in demonstrating how local beliefs were subsumed as Kailas developed within Hindu, Buddhist, and Boen traditions, how five mountains in the Indian Himalayan are also named Kailas, and how Kailas sacred geography constructions and a sacred Ganges source region were related.

General

Imprint:	Brill
Country of origin:	Netherlands
Series:	Brill's Tibetan Studies Library, 38
Release date:	October 2015
Authors:	Alex McKay
Dimensions:	235 x 155 x 33mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	530
ISBN-13:	978-90-04-30458-1
Categories:	Books > Earth & environment > Geography > Geographical discovery & exploration Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > Aspects of religions (non-Christian) > Worship > General Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > Non-Christian religions > Religions of Indic & Oriental origin > Buddhism > General Books > Religion & Spirituality > Aspects of religions (non-Christian) > Worship > General Books > Religion & Spirituality > Non-Christian religions > Religions of Indic & Oriental origin > Buddhism > General Promotions
LSN:	90-04-30458-4
Barcode:	9789004304581

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