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
... traditions of a city that has stood on the banks of the river Gangā for more than 2,500 years , drawing on the rich ... tradition that this sacred place is held above the flux of time on the tip of Lord Shiva's trident . While the body ...
... traditions of a city that has stood on the banks of the river Gangā for more than 2,500 years , drawing on the rich ... tradition that this sacred place is held above the flux of time on the tip of Lord Shiva's trident . While the body ...
Page xv
... tradition that has marked significance through plurality , not singularity or uniqueness . In addition to the changing social and political contexts in which this work must be read , I would direct the reader to the extraordinary growth ...
... tradition that has marked significance through plurality , not singularity or uniqueness . In addition to the changing social and political contexts in which this work must be read , I would direct the reader to the extraordinary growth ...
Page xvi
... traditions , patterns of play , work , leisure , art , music . They are the weavers and woodworkers whose neighborhoods , fairs , festivals , and music are the focus of Nita Kumar in The Artisans of Banaras ( 1988 ) . They are the ...
... traditions , patterns of play , work , leisure , art , music . They are the weavers and woodworkers whose neighborhoods , fairs , festivals , and music are the focus of Nita Kumar in The Artisans of Banaras ( 1988 ) . They are the ...
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... traditional vein , the Banaras scholar Rana P.B. Singh has worked tirelessly to deepen the academic study of Kashi and the study of pilgrimage more broadly . His edited volume Banaras : Cosmic Order , Sacred City , Hindu Traditions ...
... traditional vein , the Banaras scholar Rana P.B. Singh has worked tirelessly to deepen the academic study of Kashi and the study of pilgrimage more broadly . His edited volume Banaras : Cosmic Order , Sacred City , Hindu Traditions ...
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... tradition not one's own : to begin to see what others have seen and articulate it in such a way that they , and we , can see it afresh . The dialogical process of writing the book had been one of learning and listening , making mistakes ...
... tradition not one's own : to begin to see what others have seen and articulate it in such a way that they , and we , can see it afresh . The dialogical process of writing the book had been one of learning and listening , making mistakes ...
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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