Kailas Histories :Renunciate Traditions and the Construction of Himalayan Sacred Geography ( 1 )

Publication subTitle :Renunciate Traditions and the Construction of Himalayan Sacred Geography

Publication series :1

Author: McKay   Alex  

Publisher: Brill‎

Publication year: 2015

E-ISBN: 9789004306189

P-ISBN(Paperback): 9789004304581

Subject: B94 佛教

Keyword: 宗教

Language: ENG

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Kailas Histories demonstrates how British colonial, Hindu modernist, and New Age interests synthesised historically diverse representations to construct the understanding of Tibet’s great pilgrimage centre Mount Kailas - and India’s Gangotri - as ancient sacred sites embodying a universal sacrality.

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