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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... India - Varanasi . 2. Varanasi ( India ) —Religious life and customs . I. Title . BL1153.7.V36 E24 1999 294.5'35'09542 - dc21 99-11349 Casebound editions of Columbia University Press books are printed on permanent and durable acid ...
... India - Varanasi . 2. Varanasi ( India ) —Religious life and customs . I. Title . BL1153.7.V36 E24 1999 294.5'35'09542 - dc21 99-11349 Casebound editions of Columbia University Press books are printed on permanent and durable acid ...
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... India's problems are here in Banāras in full measure . The infrastruc- ture of an eighth- , tenth- , and fifteenth - century city groans today un- der the demands and uses of its late twentieth - century inhabitants . Its narrow stone ...
... India's problems are here in Banāras in full measure . The infrastruc- ture of an eighth- , tenth- , and fifteenth - century city groans today un- der the demands and uses of its late twentieth - century inhabitants . Its narrow stone ...
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... India was yet to come . Not until the sixteenth century did the Banarsi poet Tulsi Das set Lord Rama in the hearts ... India's Holy City ( 1997 ) , the result of months of research at Kashi Labh Mukti Bhavan , one of the best known ...
... India was yet to come . Not until the sixteenth century did the Banarsi poet Tulsi Das set Lord Rama in the hearts ... India's Holy City ( 1997 ) , the result of months of research at Kashi Labh Mukti Bhavan , one of the best known ...
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... India and elsewhere . The comparison of the sacred structure and mahatmya of Banaras with that of Jerusalem , Mecca , or Peking is in many respects obvious to historians of religion ; more significant , per- haps , is the historical ...
... India and elsewhere . The comparison of the sacred structure and mahatmya of Banaras with that of Jerusalem , Mecca , or Peking is in many respects obvious to historians of religion ; more significant , per- haps , is the historical ...
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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