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 xiv
... north India where a mosque has been constructed on the ruins of a Hindu temple : the birthplace of Krishna in Mathurā and the Kāshī Vishvan- atha temple in Banāras . As will be evident in these pages , the history of Kāshī Vishvanatha ...
... north India where a mosque has been constructed on the ruins of a Hindu temple : the birthplace of Krishna in Mathurā and the Kāshī Vishvan- atha temple in Banāras . As will be evident in these pages , the history of Kāshī Vishvanatha ...
Page xv
... north to Dakshina Kāshī in the Tamil south . Fastening the religious imagination upon a singular temple or site has long been rejected in a religious tradition that has marked significance through plurality , not singularity or ...
... north to Dakshina Kāshī in the Tamil south . Fastening the religious imagination upon a singular temple or site has long been rejected in a religious tradition that has marked significance through plurality , not singularity or ...
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... north India was yet to come . Not until the sixteenth century did the Banarsi poet Tulsi Das set Lord Rama in the hearts of millions with his Hindi version of the Ramayana , the Ramcharitmanas . Lutgendorf's study of the recitation and ...
... north India was yet to come . Not until the sixteenth century did the Banarsi poet Tulsi Das set Lord Rama in the hearts of millions with his Hindi version of the Ramayana , the Ramcharitmanas . Lutgendorf's study of the recitation and ...
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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