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Lives of Indian Images
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The book explores the belief among Hindus that religious images in temples and home shrines are imbued with life through a ritual process conducted by priests. These rituals involve a series of daily activities that treat the images as divine beings, including awakening, bathing, dressing, and feeding them. Richard Davis presents a series of case studies demonstrating that these interactions indeed animate the religious objects, suggesting that the devotees' perceptions of their sacred images as living entities hold a deeper truth.
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Lives of Indian Images, Richard H. Davis
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- 1999
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- Title
- Lives of Indian Images
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Richard H. Davis
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Released
- 1999
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 350
- ISBN13
- 9780691005201
- Category
- Esotericism and Religion
- Description
- The book explores the belief among Hindus that religious images in temples and home shrines are imbued with life through a ritual process conducted by priests. These rituals involve a series of daily activities that treat the images as divine beings, including awakening, bathing, dressing, and feeding them. Richard Davis presents a series of case studies demonstrating that these interactions indeed animate the religious objects, suggesting that the devotees' perceptions of their sacred images as living entities hold a deeper truth.