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Gods of flesh, gods of stone : the embodiment of divinity in India / edited by Joanne Punzo Waghorne and Norman Cutler ; in association with Vasudha Narayanan.

Title
Gods of flesh, gods of stone : the embodiment of divinity in India / edited by Joanne Punzo Waghorne and Norman Cutler ; in association with Vasudha Narayanan.
Publication
New York : Columbia University Press, 1996.

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Additional Authors
  • Cutler, Norman, 1949-
  • Cutler, Norman, 1949-2002.
  • Narayanan, Vasudha.
  • Waghorne, Joanne Punzo.
Description
vi, 208 p. : ill.; 23 cm.
Subject
  • Hindu gods
  • Idols and images > India > Worship
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [201]-208).
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Creation of the sacred image / James J. Preston -- On this holy day in my humble way: aspects of Pūjā / Paul B. Courtright -- Arcāvatāra / Vasudha Narayanan -- The devotee and the deity / William H. Deadwyler III -- Possession and pottery / Stephen Inglis -- God's forceful call / Manuel Moreno -- Founders, Swamis, and devotees / Lise F. Vail -- The holy man as the abode of God in the Swaminirayan religion / Raymond B. Williams.
ISBN
0231107773
LCCN
^^^96028517^
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library