Main entry:

Babb, Lawrence A.

Title & Author:

Desert temples : sacred centers of Rajasthan in historical, art-historical, and social contexts / Lawrence A. Babb, John E. Cort, and Michael W. Meister.

Publication:

Jaipur : Rawat Publications, 2008.

Description:

xiv, 208 pages, 34 pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 26 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-204) and index.
Acknowledgments -- Note on languages -- List of plates -- Map -- Introduction / Lawrence A. Babb, John E. Cort, and Michael W. Meister -- Part I. Histories. Sweetmeats or corpses? / Michael W. Meister ; Time and temples / Lawrence A. Babb -- Part II. Structures. Building a temple / Michael W. Meister ; Water in a desert landscape / Michael W. Meister ; Light on the lotus / Michael W. Meister -- Part III. Pilgrims and patrons. Pilgrimage and identity in Rajasthan / John E. Cort ; Patronage, authority, proprietary rights, and history / John E. Cort -- Part IV. Social identities. Constructing a Jain mendicant lineage / John E. Cort ; Cleaving to the goddess / Lawrence A. Babb -- Bibliography -- Index -- Plates.
Dust jacket.

Summary:

Most of the papers presented at various seminars and symposiums; some previously published.

Resources:
Table of contents
Table of contents
Table of contents

ISBN:

8131601064
9788131601068

Subject:

Hindu temples India Rajasthan.
Hindu temples India Rajasthan Design and construction.
Hindu pilgrims and pilgrimages India Rajasthan.
Jaina pilgrims and pilgrimages India Rajasthan.
Temples hindous Inde Rājasthān.
Pèlerinages hindous Inde Rājasthān.
Hindu pilgrims and pilgrimages.
Hindu temples.
Jaina pilgrims and pilgrimages.
Hinduismus
Jainismus
Religiöses Leben
Tempelbau
Wallfahrt
Rajasthan (India) Religious life and customs.
Rājasthān (Inde) Vie religieuse.
India Rajasthan.
Rajasthan

Form/genre:

Aufsatzsammlung.

Added entries:

Cort, John E., 1953-
Meister, Michael W.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 259460
Call No.: BIB 190382
Status: Available