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 vii
... rivers running to the sea ? Yet which of them is like the River of Heaven in Kāshi ? Are there not many fields of liberation on earth ? Yet not one equals the smallest part of the city never forsaken by Shiva . The Ganges , Shiva , and ...
... rivers running to the sea ? Yet which of them is like the River of Heaven in Kāshi ? Are there not many fields of liberation on earth ? Yet not one equals the smallest part of the city never forsaken by Shiva . The Ganges , Shiva , and ...
Page xiii
... river Gangā for more than 2,500 years , drawing on the rich range of 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 ...
... river Gangā for more than 2,500 years , drawing on the rich range of 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 ...
Page xiv
... River Gangā is perhaps the most striking pub- lic example of the challenges Banāras faces . A new Gangā Action Plan to clean up the river is in the works , the planning now led by some of the city's most prominent religious leaders ...
... River Gangā is perhaps the most striking pub- lic example of the challenges Banāras faces . A new Gangā Action Plan to clean up the river is in the works , the planning now led by some of the city's most prominent religious leaders ...
Page xviii
... river to Ram Ghat to deliver the stack of ten - rupee notes to the Ram Ghat hospital , the place Pandit - jī insisted he would go , by boat , should the necessity arise . That next year , he died peacefully at home . As a scholar , I ...
... river to Ram Ghat to deliver the stack of ten - rupee notes to the Ram Ghat hospital , the place Pandit - jī insisted he would go , by boat , should the necessity arise . That next year , he died peacefully at home . As a scholar , I ...
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... River ( Ganga ) THE CITY OF BANARAS I BANARAS : AN INTRODUCTION BANĀRAS is a magnificent city. Azamgarh Road To Cantonment Hotels Sanskrit University Grand Trunk Panchakroshi Road To Särnäth Varana River Road Rajghat Road To Sarnath ...
... River ( Ganga ) THE CITY OF BANARAS I BANARAS : AN INTRODUCTION BANĀRAS is a magnificent city. Azamgarh Road To Cantonment Hotels Sanskrit University Grand Trunk Panchakroshi Road To Särnäth Varana River Road Rajghat Road To Sarnath ...
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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