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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... Sanskrit Sources for the Study of Banaras 347 APPENDIX II The Zones of the Sacred City 350 APPENDIX III The Shiva Lingas of Kāshi 358 APPENDIX IV The Cycles of Kashi Goddesses 360 APPENDIX V Other Deities of Kashi 362 APPENDIX VI The ...
... Sanskrit Sources for the Study of Banaras 347 APPENDIX II The Zones of the Sacred City 350 APPENDIX III The Shiva Lingas of Kāshi 358 APPENDIX IV The Cycles of Kashi Goddesses 360 APPENDIX V Other Deities of Kashi 362 APPENDIX VI The ...
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... Sanskrit sources that sing the praises of the city , as well as the stacks of Hindi penny - paperback pilgrimage guides , maps , and stories sold even today in its narrow lanes . In this book , I attempt to locate the temples and ...
... Sanskrit sources that sing the praises of the city , as well as the stacks of Hindi penny - paperback pilgrimage guides , maps , and stories sold even today in its narrow lanes . In this book , I attempt to locate the temples and ...
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... Sanskrit texts and cultural histories . Through the centuries their wayside shrines have gained a place in the imaginative mandala of Kashi ; their gods and heroes have been gathered into the entourage of Lord Shiva . But these classes ...
... Sanskrit texts and cultural histories . Through the centuries their wayside shrines have gained a place in the imaginative mandala of Kashi ; their gods and heroes have been gathered into the entourage of Lord Shiva . But these classes ...
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... Sanskrit Puranas , Rama and his best devotee , Hanuman , have little role ; the era of their meteoric apotheosis in north India was yet to come . Not until the sixteenth century did the Banarsi poet Tulsi Das set Lord Rama in the hearts ...
... Sanskrit Puranas , Rama and his best devotee , Hanuman , have little role ; the era of their meteoric apotheosis in north India was yet to come . Not until the sixteenth century did the Banarsi poet Tulsi Das set Lord Rama in the hearts ...
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... Sanskrit texts which describe and praise Banāras , and the 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 ...
... Sanskrit texts which describe and praise Banāras , and the 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 ...
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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