Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. A Note on Translation, Transliteration, Terminology, and Teaching ix
4. Acknowledgments xi
5. Introduction: Making the Most of a Mountain 1
6. Part I: A Mountain and Its People
7. 1. Rock, Water, and Montane Agency 25
8. 2. The Workaday Mountain 59
9. Part II: A Mountain of Myth
10. 3. Adam’s Peak and Buddhist Visions of Mecca 107
11. 4. Admitting and Forbidding Siva at the Peak 149
12. Part III: Being Like a Mountain
13. 5. Pilgrimage Ethics from Pluralism 185
14. Conclusion: Deep Stakes 239
15. Notes 255
16. Bibliography 301
17. Index 327