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Pilgrimage in the Hindu Tradition - Salvific Space (Hardcover)
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Pilgrimage in the Hindu Tradition - Salvific Space (Hardcover)
Series: Routledge Hindu Studies Series
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Salvific space is one of the central ideas in the Hindu traditions
of pilgrimage, and concerns the ability of space, especially sites
associated with bodies of water such as rivers and lakes, to grant
salvific rewards. Focusing on religious, historical and
sociological questions about the phenomenon, this book investigates
the narratives, rituals, history and structures of salvific space,
and looks at how it became a central feature of Hinduism. Arguing
that salvific power of place became a major dimension of Hinduism
through a development in several stages, the book analyses the
historical process of how salvific space and pilgrimage in the
Hindu tradition developed. It discusses how the traditions of
salvific space exemplify the decentred polycentrism that defines
Hinduism. The book uses original data from field research, as well
as drawing on main textual sources such as Mahabharata, the
Puranas, the medieval digests on pilgrimage places (tirthas), and a
number of Sthalapuranas and Mahatmyas praising the salvific power
of the place. By looking at some of the contradictions in and
challenges to the tradition of Hindu salvific space in history and
in contemporary India, the book is a useful study on Hinduism and
South Asian Studies.
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