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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... DEATH AND LIBERATION 324 APPENDIX I 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 ...
... DEATH AND LIBERATION 324 APPENDIX I 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 ...
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... death as well as life , even though the ritual industry of death rites has begun to change with the introduction of the new electric crematorium at Harishchandra Ghat . The work of the British anthropologist Jonathan Parry , Death in ...
... death as well as life , even though the ritual industry of death rites has begun to change with the introduction of the new electric crematorium at Harishchandra Ghat . The work of the British anthropologist Jonathan Parry , Death in ...
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... death . It was Banāras that turned me to the study of India and the Hindu religious tradition . I have returned to Banāras many times since then , for extended periods of research and for short visits . Over these years it has become a ...
... death . It was Banāras that turned me to the study of India and the Hindu religious tradition . I have returned to Banāras many times since then , for extended periods of research and for short visits . Over these years it has become a ...
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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