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Author:   Knut A. Jacobsen ,  Mikael Aktor, Ph.D. ,  Kristina Myrvold
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.453kg
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9781138476240

ISBN 10:   1138476242
Pages:   236
Publication Date:   12 January 2018
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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"Chapter 1: The Śivaliṅga Between Artifact and Nature: The Ghṛṣṇeśvaraliṅga in Varanasi and the Bāṇaliṅgas from the Narmada River Chapter 2: Jhāṅkīs: ""Living Images"" as Objects of Worship in Himachal Pradesh Chapter 3: The Material Culture of Sāṃkhya: Kapila as Object of Worship Chapter 4: Yantras as Objects of Worship in Hindu and Tantric Traditions Materiality, Aesthetics, and Practice Chapter 5: Wheel of the Liberated: Jain Siddhacakras, Past and Present Chapter 6: Object of Worship as a Free Choice: Viṭhobā (god), Dñyāneśvar (saint), the Dñyāneśvarī (book), or Samādhī (grave)? Chapter 7: Architectural Heritage and Modern Rituals: The Ahmad Shah Bahmani Mausoleum between Old Political Concerns and New Religious Perceptions Chapter 8: Lāl Beg Underground: The Passing of an ""Untouchable"" God Chapter 9: Making the Book a Living Guru: Ritual Practices Among Contemporary Sikhs Chapter 10: Worshipping the Sword: The Practice of Śāstar Pūjā in the Sikh Warrior Tradition Chapter 11: Rites of Reverence, Ways of Worship: The Bodhi Tree in Bodhgayā as a Material Object and Focus of Devotion"

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Knut A. Jacobsen is Professor in the History of Religions at the University of Bergen, Norway. He is author and editor of around thirty books and numerous articles and is the founding editor in chief of the six volume Brill’s Encyclopedia of Hinduism (2009-2014). Mikael Aktor is Associate Professor of Study of Religions at University of Southern Denmark. His publications include Ritualisation and Segregation: The Untouchability Complex in Indian dharma literature with special reference to Parāśarasmṛti and Parāśaramādhavīya (2008). Kristina Myrvold is Assistant Professor of Religious Studies at the Department of Cultural Studies, Linnaeus University, Sweden. She has published several articles on Sikh practices in Sweden and in India, and is the editor of publications such as Sikhs Across Borders: Transnational Practices Among European Sikhs (with Knut A. Jacobsen, 2013).

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