Vaaraanasi Uttar Pradesh Books
Books con argomento Vaaraanasi Uttar Pradesh
Aghor Medicine
Barrett Ron
Parry Jonathan P. (FRW)
edizioni Univ of California Pr collana Univ of California Pr (Paperback) , 2008
For centuries, the Aghori have been known as the most radical ascetics in India: living naked on the cremation grounds, meditating on corpses, engaging in cannibalism and coprophagy, and consuming intoxicants out of human skulls. In recent years, however, they have shifted their practices from the embrace of ritually...
Banaras
Eck Diana L.
edizioni Columbia Univ Pr collana Columbia Univ Pr (Paperback) , 1999
This is the acclaimed study and interpretation of Banaras, the holy place of the Hindus.