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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... pilgrimage inscribing , in representative form , the entire world , both spatially and temporally . Today Hindu pilgrims from all over India still come to Banāras to bathe in the River Gangā , to die within its sacred precincts , and to ...
... pilgrimage inscribing , in representative form , the entire world , both spatially and temporally . Today Hindu pilgrims from all over India still come to Banāras to bathe in the River Gangā , to die within its sacred precincts , and to ...
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... pilgrim- age , called the Panchakroshī pilgrimage , just like the Panchakroshī pilgrimage around Banāras . Conversely , Banāras has its own Ayodhyā , a spiritual duplicate of Rama's Ayodhya transposed here for the benefit of those who ...
... pilgrim- age , called the Panchakroshī pilgrimage , just like the Panchakroshī pilgrimage around Banāras . Conversely , Banāras has its own Ayodhyā , a spiritual duplicate of Rama's Ayodhya transposed here for the benefit of those who ...
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... Pilgrimage to Die in India's Holy City ( 1997 ) , the result of months of research at Kashi Labh Mukti Bhavan , one of the best known hospices for those who have come to the city to die . Taking a very different approach , the ...
... Pilgrimage to Die in India's Holy City ( 1997 ) , the result of months of research at Kashi Labh Mukti Bhavan , one of the best known hospices for those who have come to the city to die . Taking a very different approach , the ...
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... pilgrims , for brahmins , for kings , and there are lists of the great fruits to be won from such rituals . Finally ... pilgrimage routes . The sacred geography of the city provides information the Sanskrit texts cannot provide . Some of ...
... pilgrims , for brahmins , for kings , and there are lists of the great fruits to be won from such rituals . Finally ... pilgrimage routes . The sacred geography of the city provides information the Sanskrit texts cannot provide . Some of ...
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... ( pilgrimage priests ) , mahants ( heads of a large temple com- plex ) , and vyasas ( storytellers ) . These people were ... pilgrims ' knowledge of the city and its traditions is very quickly exhausted . They would inevitably refer me to ...
... ( pilgrimage priests ) , mahants ( heads of a large temple com- plex ) , and vyasas ( storytellers ) . These people were ... pilgrims ' knowledge of the city and its traditions is very quickly exhausted . They would inevitably refer me to ...
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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