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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Page xiii
... Lord Shiva's trident . While the body of this book is unchanged in its new edition , both change in the city itself and the ongoing process of history and scholarship set it in a new context today . The compelling vision of the city as ...
... Lord Shiva's trident . While the body of this book is unchanged in its new edition , both change in the city itself and the ongoing process of history and scholarship set it in a new context today . The compelling vision of the city as ...
Page xiv
... Lord Rama , which previously stood at that very site . Leading this new form of Hindu nationalism , the VHP also targeted two other important sites in north India where a mosque has been constructed on the ruins of a Hindu temple : the ...
... Lord Rama , which previously stood at that very site . Leading this new form of Hindu nationalism , the VHP also targeted two other important sites in north India where a mosque has been constructed on the ruins of a Hindu temple : the ...
Page xv
... Lord Rama . And here in Banāras the religious sig- nificance of the Kāshī Vishvanātha linga is not limited to one particular icon , but persistently expanded to include the whole area circled by the Panchakroshī . In other words ...
... Lord Rama . And here in Banāras the religious sig- nificance of the Kāshī Vishvanātha linga is not limited to one particular icon , but persistently expanded to include the whole area circled by the Panchakroshī . In other words ...
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... Lord Shiva . But these classes also have their own rich , living cultural traditions , patterns of play , work , leisure , art , music . They are the weavers and woodworkers whose neighborhoods , fairs , festivals , and music are the ...
... Lord Shiva . But these classes also have their own rich , living cultural traditions , patterns of play , work , leisure , art , music . They are the weavers and woodworkers whose neighborhoods , fairs , festivals , and music are the ...
Page xvii
... Lord Rama in the city so dominated by Lord Shiva . In the praises of Banaras , viewed from the standpoint of the Sanskrit Puranas , Rama and his best devotee , Hanuman , have little role ; the era of their meteoric apotheosis in north ...
... Lord Rama in the city so dominated by Lord Shiva . In the praises of Banaras , viewed from the standpoint of the Sanskrit Puranas , Rama and his best devotee , Hanuman , have little role ; the era of their meteoric apotheosis in north ...
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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