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 xiii
... stories sold even today in its narrow lanes . In this book , I attempt to locate the temples and bathing ghāts of twentieth - century Banāras in a centuries - old sacred geography , cast symbolically as a mandala — a sacred circle of ...
... stories sold even today in its narrow lanes . In this book , I attempt to locate the temples and bathing ghāts of twentieth - century Banāras in a centuries - old sacred geography , cast symbolically as a mandala — a sacred circle of ...
Page xvi
... stories , especially Krishna Lila , the Ram Lila , and the Sarasvatī Pūjā specific to this part of the city — all the while keeping a keen eye on the participation and perceptions of children . His book The Children of Assi was ...
... stories , especially Krishna Lila , the Ram Lila , and the Sarasvatī Pūjā specific to this part of the city — all the while keeping a keen eye on the participation and perceptions of children . His book The Children of Assi was ...
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... story of Banaras alone is told , and that in itself is a lengthy undertaking . Even in restricting myself to Banaras I have had to omit a great deal . Both in my fieldwork and in my writing , I have often felt like the pilgrim described ...
... story of Banaras alone is told , and that in itself is a lengthy undertaking . Even in restricting myself to Banaras I have had to omit a great deal . Both in my fieldwork and in my writing , I have often felt like the pilgrim described ...
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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