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This book was OK. I picked it up to understand the etymology behind my name that I share with the book's title. It highlights how important visuals are in Hindu culture along with emphasizing how the worship of these images transcend exclusively visual boundaries in the mind of a Hindu worshipper. I felt that there is no singular pattern I could follow along with and the book is filled with Hindu culture specific jargon (which while explained in footnotes) that may be more off-putting for some re This book was OK. I picked it up to understand the etymology behind my name that I share with the book's title.

It highlights how important visuals are in Hindu culture along with emphasizing how the worship of these images transcend exclusively visual boundaries in the mind of a Hindu worshipper. Drivers Usb Mass Storage Device Win98. I felt that there is no singular pattern I could follow along with and the book is filled with Hindu culture specific jargon (which while explained in footnotes) that may be more off-putting for some readers. I would give this a pass. That said, I did learn about the 'Nabakalebara' at the Jagannath temple in Puri where the images of the deities are switched out in an elaborate ceremony every 19 (or so) years and that sounds pretty cool. In my study of Hinduism I never understood the link between Indian metaphysics and daily worship - believing many teachers I had who argued that image worship was a kind of 'contemplation for the common man.' Eck does much to counter this by presenting darsan as the link between the Indian philosophical appreciation for the oneness of all being and the daily worship of murtis which sees that divine manifested in a discrete microcosmic space.