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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... important sites in 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 ...
... important sites in 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 ...
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... important in the era of the Sanskrit literature , no longer exist . Some such sites are now occupied by mosques . Others are marked only by tiny shrines or have been moved to new locations . Conversely , some temples barely mentioned in ...
... important in the era of the Sanskrit literature , no longer exist . Some such sites are now occupied by mosques . Others are marked only by tiny shrines or have been moved to new locations . Conversely , some temples barely mentioned in ...
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... important source of information are the brahmins of Banaras , especially those who are the knowledgeable keepers of the tradition and who act as interpreters of myth and mahatmya . Here my informants included pandits ( teachers ) ...
... important source of information are the brahmins of Banaras , especially those who are the knowledgeable keepers of the tradition and who act as interpreters of myth and mahatmya . Here my informants included pandits ( teachers ) ...
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... important as Banaras are widely duplicated and serve , therefore , to reveal something funda- mental about the nature of such sacred places in India generally . Here , however , the story of Banaras alone is told , and that in itself is ...
... important as Banaras are widely duplicated and serve , therefore , to reveal something funda- mental about the nature of such sacred places in India generally . Here , however , the story of Banaras alone is told , and that in itself is ...
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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