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 xvii
... month - long Ram Lilas , especially the Ram Lila held annually in Ramnagar across the river , where the Rama legend ... months of research at Kashi Labh Mukti Bhavan , one of the best known hospices for those who have come to the city to ...
... month - long Ram Lilas , especially the Ram Lila held annually in Ramnagar across the river , where the Rama legend ... months of research at Kashi Labh Mukti Bhavan , one of the best known hospices for those who have come to the city to ...
Page xviii
... months . But Pandit - jī was proud and pleased , and I was deeply delighted by his presence and the reflected honor he enjoyed . There were many speakers that day , all members of the lit- erary and academic cultures of Banāras . Indeed ...
... months . But Pandit - jī was proud and pleased , and I was deeply delighted by his presence and the reflected honor he enjoyed . There were many speakers that day , all members of the lit- erary and academic cultures of Banāras . Indeed ...
Page xxiii
... months with their rhythms of worship and cycles of pil- grimage contributed greatly to my sense of the sacred order of Banaras as a whole . The brahmins may know little of temples and tanks they have never visited . But when , for ...
... months with their rhythms of worship and cycles of pil- grimage contributed greatly to my sense of the sacred order of Banaras as a whole . The brahmins may know little of temples and tanks they have never visited . But when , for ...
Page xxiv
... month after month . Finally , I have for the most part avoided the temptation to compare Banaras with other places of pilgrimage and sacred centers , both in India and elsewhere . The comparison of the sacred structure and mahatmya of ...
... month after month . Finally , I have for the most part avoided the temptation to compare Banaras with other places of pilgrimage and sacred centers , both in India and elsewhere . The comparison of the sacred structure and mahatmya of ...
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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