Hindu Deities in the Flesh: “Hot” Emotions, Sensual Interactions, and (Syn)aesthetic Blends

In Hindu practices and narratives, otherworldly and nonhuman beings appear with nonhuman and otherworldly bodies and feelings. In this article, I draw from ethnographic fieldwork as well as from philology to outline the widespread perception of divine presence or emotion as “heat”. This embodied ide...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Gerrit Lange
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2022-11-01
Series:Religions
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/13/11/1045