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Author:

Lipner, Julius, author.

Title:

Hindu images and their worship with special reference to Vaisnavism : a philosophical-theological inquiry / Julius J. Lipner.

Publisher:

RoutledgeTaylor & Francis Group,

Copyright Date:

2017

Description:

vii, 250 pages ; 25 cm.

Subject:

Vaishnavism--Customs and practices.
Idols and images--India--Worship.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-244) and index.

Contents:

Deity embodied : a theological consideration of the form, worship and meaning of Hindu images. 8. 1. "The heathen in his blindness [...]": methodological considerations ; 2. In retrospect : the trajectory of image-worship in the light of Yamuna's AgamapramanĐya ; 3. On conceptualizing the foundations of Hindu image-worship ; 4. The SamĐkhya paradigm re-configured and re-imagined: three further illustrations -- PART II. 5. The art of the possible : on establishing a convention ; 6. Hindu dharma and the making of images ; 7. On the sense and sensibility of Hindu religious art ; 8. Deity embodied : a theological consideration of the form, worship and meaning of Hindu images.

Series:

Routledge Hindu studies series

ISBN:

1138291137 (hardback)
9781138291133 (hardback)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)957744055

LCCN:

2016051963

Locations:

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)