People Trees - Worship of Trees in Northern India

People Trees is about religious conceptions of trees within the cultural world of tree worship at the tree shrines of northern India. Sacred trees have been worshipped for millennia in India and today tree worship continues there among all segments of society.

List of contents

• Acknowledgements


• Note on Translation and Transliteration


• Introduction


• Chapter 1: Root Issues


• Chapter 2: Tree Worship in India


• Chapter 3: King of Trees


• Chapter 4: Abode of Ghosts and Saturn


• Chapter 5: Faces of the Goddess


• Chapter 6: Trees of Immortality


• Chapter 7: Arboreal Reflections


• Glossary


• Bibliography


• Index


• Notes

About the author

David L. Haberman is Professor of Religious Studies at Indiana University Bloomington.

Summary

People Trees is about religious conceptions of trees within the cultural world of tree worship at the tree shrines of northern India. Sacred trees have been worshipped for millennia in India and today tree worship continues there among all segments of society.

Additional text

This is a positive book.

Product details

• Authors: David L Haberman, David L. Haberman
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 24.04.2013
• EAN: 9780199929160
• ISBN: 978-0-19-992916-0
• No. of pages: 256
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Other religions; RELIGION / Buddhism / Rituals & Practice, RELIGION / Buddhism / General, RELIGION / Hinduism / General, Buddhism, India, RELIGION / Hinduism / Rituals & Practice, Hinduism, Worship, rites, ceremonies and rituals, Buddhist Worship, Rites & Ceremonies, Hindu worship, rites & ceremonies