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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Diana L. Eck. ΤΟ Kuber Nath Sukul , Ambika Datta Upadhyāya , J. L. Mehta , and Vimala Mehta- all Banarsis Are there not many holy places on this earth ?
Diana L. Eck. ΤΟ Kuber Nath Sukul , Ambika Datta Upadhyāya , J. L. Mehta , and Vimala Mehta- all Banarsis Are there not many holy places on this earth ?
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Diana L. Eck. Are there not many holy places on this earth ? Yet which of them would equal in the balance one speck of Kashi's dust ? Are there not many rivers running to the sea ? Yet which of them is like the River of Heaven in Kāshi ...
Diana L. Eck. Are there not many holy places on this earth ? Yet which of them would equal in the balance one speck of Kashi's dust ? Are there not many rivers running to the sea ? Yet which of them is like the River of Heaven in Kāshi ...
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... holy site seized in the seventeenth century . The most recent round of trouble began with the Vishva Hindu Parishad movement to reclaim the mosque in nearby Ayodhyā , popularly known as the Babri Masjid and said by Hindus to be built ...
... holy site seized in the seventeenth century . The most recent round of trouble began with the Vishva Hindu Parishad movement to reclaim the mosque in nearby Ayodhyā , popularly known as the Babri Masjid and said by Hindus to be built ...
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... Holy City ( 1997 ) , the result of months of research at Kashi Labh Mukti Bhavan , one of the best known hospices for those who have come to the city to die . Taking a very different approach , the anthropologist Lawrence Cohen ...
... Holy City ( 1997 ) , the result of months of research at Kashi Labh Mukti Bhavan , one of the best known hospices for those who have come to the city to die . Taking a very different approach , the anthropologist Lawrence Cohen ...
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... holy history . Some of these myths must be understood as primarily theological in intent in that they reveal and describe the nature of the divine . Others lend themselves to a quasi- historical interpretation in that they reveal the ...
... holy history . Some of these myths must be understood as primarily theological in intent in that they reveal and describe the nature of the divine . Others lend themselves to a quasi- historical interpretation in that they reveal the ...
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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