Banaras, City of LightColumbia University Press, 1999 - 427 pages "In BANARAS, Diana Eck . . . has written a notable book about this greatest of Indian pilgrimage sites. . . . Her brilliant, comprehensive book seems likely to remain for a long time the definitive work on this great Indian city".--WASHINGTON POST. 61 photos. 7 maps. |
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... Kund , the akaras where young men literally " work out " their embodied religious devotion to Han- uman in the wrestling ring , and the worship of the Goddess Vin- dhyavāsinī , whose shrines are the special focus of one of the editors ...
... Kund , the akaras where young men literally " work out " their embodied religious devotion to Han- uman in the wrestling ring , and the worship of the Goddess Vin- dhyavāsinī , whose shrines are the special focus of one of the editors ...
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... temples and tanks they have never visited . But when , for example , ten thousand people arrive at Lolarka Kund on a day in September , we hear the voice of ordinary people and villagers who " vote with their feet . Preface xxiii.
... temples and tanks they have never visited . But when , for example , ten thousand people arrive at Lolarka Kund on a day in September , we hear the voice of ordinary people and villagers who " vote with their feet . Preface xxiii.
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... every day for a whole year , still she did not reach all the sacred places . For in Banaras there is a sacred place at every step . " BANARAS February 1981 BANARAS : CITY OF LIGHT Bakaria Kund Nag Kuan Ishvariganga xxiv Preface.
... every day for a whole year , still she did not reach all the sacred places . For in Banaras there is a sacred place at every step . " BANARAS February 1981 BANARAS : CITY OF LIGHT Bakaria Kund Nag Kuan Ishvariganga xxiv Preface.
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Diana L. Eck. BANARAS : CITY OF LIGHT Bakaria Kund Nag Kuan Ishvariganga Benia Park Matsyodari Kashi Station III.
Diana L. Eck. BANARAS : CITY OF LIGHT Bakaria Kund Nag Kuan Ishvariganga Benia Park Matsyodari Kashi Station III.
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... Kund Godaulia Lolärka Kund , Kurukshetra Kund Tulsi Mänas 49 051 Sankat Mochan Panchakroshi Road Banaras Hindu University Ganges River ( Ganga ) THE CITY OF BANARAS I BANARAS : AN INTRODUCTION BANĀRAS is a magnificent city. Azamgarh Road ...
... Kund Godaulia Lolärka Kund , Kurukshetra Kund Tulsi Mänas 49 051 Sankat Mochan Panchakroshi Road Banaras Hindu University Ganges River ( Ganga ) THE CITY OF BANARAS I BANARAS : AN INTRODUCTION BANĀRAS is a magnificent city. Azamgarh Road ...
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Adi Keshava ancient Annapūrnā ascetic auspicious Avimukta Avimukteshvara Banaras bathing Bhairava Bindu Bindu Madhava Brahma brahmin Buddha Buddhist called century B.C. city's cremation ground Dandapani darshana Dashashvamedha death deities Devi dharma divine Divodāsa Durgā earth famous festival Forest of Bliss ganas Ganesha Gangā Gauri Ghat goddess gods Gupta heaven Himalayas Hindu holy honored Jātaka Kāla Kāla Bhairava Kāma Kashi Kāshi Khanda Kedāra Khanda King Krishna Kund lanes liberation linga of light live located Lolārka Lord Shiva Mahābhārata māhātmyas Manikarnikā Matsya Matsyodari moksha mosque Muslim myth nāgas Nārāyana Nikumbha North India Omkara Panchaganga Panchakroshi Road Pārvatī pilgrimage pilgrims Prayaga Purāna Rāma Rāmāyana religious rites ritual riverfront sacred city sage Sankatā sannyasins Sanskrit season Shakti Shiva linga shrine sins Skanda story symbol tīrthas tradition Trilochana Tulsi Vāpī Varana Vārānasī Vedas Vinayaka Vishnu Vishvanatha Temple Vishveshvara waters waxing fortnight worship yakshas