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 xvi
... Han- uman in the wrestling ring , and the worship of the Goddess Vin- dhyavāsinī , whose shrines are the special focus of one of the editors , Cynthia Ann Humes . The essays of Linda Hess and xvi Preface to the Columbia Edition.
... Han- uman in the wrestling ring , and the worship of the Goddess Vin- dhyavāsinī , whose shrines are the special focus of one of the editors , Cynthia Ann Humes . The essays of Linda Hess and xvi Preface to the Columbia Edition.
Page xxii
... worship of Shiva in Banaras . A third type of literature contained here is ritual literature , which must be understood and interpreted in the wider context of brahminical ritual and injunc- tion . There are ritual instructions for ...
... worship of Shiva in Banaras . A third type of literature contained here is ritual literature , which must be understood and interpreted in the wider context of brahminical ritual and injunc- tion . There are ritual instructions for ...
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... 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 example , ten thousand people ...
... 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 example , ten thousand people ...
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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