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 ix
... xxi I BANARAS : AN INTRODUCTION 3 2 BANARAS IN HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE 43 3 THE CITY OF SHIVA 94 4 THE SACRED CIRCLE OF ALL THE GODS 146 5 THE RIVER GANGES AND THE GREAT GHATS 211 ix 6 SEASONS AND TIMES 252 7 CITY OF ALL INDIA.
... xxi I BANARAS : AN INTRODUCTION 3 2 BANARAS IN HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE 43 3 THE CITY OF SHIVA 94 4 THE SACRED CIRCLE OF ALL THE GODS 146 5 THE RIVER GANGES AND THE GREAT GHATS 211 ix 6 SEASONS AND TIMES 252 7 CITY OF ALL INDIA.
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Diana L. Eck. 6 SEASONS AND TIMES 252 7 CITY OF ALL INDIA 283 8 CITY OF THE GOOD LIFE 304 9 CITY OF DEATH AND LIBERATION 324 APPENDIX I Sanskrit Sources for the Study of Banaras 347 APPENDIX II The Zones of the Sacred City 350 APPENDIX ...
Diana L. Eck. 6 SEASONS AND TIMES 252 7 CITY OF ALL INDIA 283 8 CITY OF THE GOOD LIFE 304 9 CITY OF DEATH AND LIBERATION 324 APPENDIX I Sanskrit Sources for the Study of Banaras 347 APPENDIX II The Zones of the Sacred City 350 APPENDIX ...
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... city itself , with its patterns of temples , its seasons of pilgrimage , and its priestly and lay interpreters . It is a study of " text and context , " or perhaps more accurately , of classical Sanskrit texts and the " text " of the xxi ...
... city itself , with its patterns of temples , its seasons of pilgrimage , and its priestly and lay interpreters . It is a study of " text and context , " or perhaps more accurately , of classical Sanskrit texts and the " text " of the xxi ...
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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