Darsan: Seeing the Divine Image in India - Softcover

Eck, Diana

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0231112653 ISBN 13: 9780231112659

Publisher: Columbia University Press, 1998

Synopsis

The role of the visual is essential to Hindu tradition and culture, but many attempts to understand India's divine images have been laden with misperceptions. Darsan, a Sanskrit word that means "seeing," is an aid to our vision, a book of ideas to help us read, think, and look at Hindu images with appreciation and imagination.

About this title

Book Description:

Although the role of the visual is essential to Indian tradition and culture, most attempts to understand its images are laden with misperceptions. Darsan, a Sanskrit word that means "seeing," is an aid to our vision, a book of ideas to help us read, think, and look at Hindu images with tolerance and imagination.

About the Author:

Diana L. Eck, professor of comparative religion and Indian studies, and director of The Pluralism Project at Harvard University, is the editor of On Common Ground: World Religions in America, a multimedia CD-ROM (Columbia).

About this edition

• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0231112653
• ISBN 13: 9780231112659
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 97