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Page 169
... Buddhist pan- theon . That the story of Vasistha should tell of his going to China and learning spiritual practices may indicate something of the relationship between these two Tārās . This aspect of the story may preserve facts of the ...
... Buddhist pan- theon . That the story of Vasistha should tell of his going to China and learning spiritual practices may indicate something of the relationship between these two Tārās . This aspect of the story may preserve facts of the ...
Page 247
... Buddhist king Asoka . By his annual pilgrimage , the king established ' that the territory and its inhabitants were the inheritance of the Buddha and that the ruler of the territory and inhabitants was a meritorious supporter of Buddhism ...
... Buddhist king Asoka . By his annual pilgrimage , the king established ' that the territory and its inhabitants were the inheritance of the Buddha and that the ruler of the territory and inhabitants was a meritorious supporter of Buddhism ...
Page 254
... Buddhist stupa ) . The study of Buddhist pilgrimage in Thailand by Pruess discussed above reaches similar conclusions about pilgrimage , although his view of the mechanism by which this goal is accomplished is diffe- rent from that of ...
... Buddhist stupa ) . The study of Buddhist pilgrimage in Thailand by Pruess discussed above reaches similar conclusions about pilgrimage , although his view of the mechanism by which this goal is accomplished is diffe- rent from that of ...
Contents
The Gauramandala conceived as lotus 2 VästupuruşamandalaThe temple as puruşa Plates between pages 104 and 105 | 1 |
a Goswamy and his CaitanyaViṣṇupriya shrine | 2 |
GauraNitãi Caitanya and Nityananda | 3 |
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activities Advaitic ākhāḍās ascetics aspects Āśrama association avatāra Bābā Bakreswar Bārī bathing behaviour Benares bhakti Bharamalla bhoga Birbhum body Brahman Burdwan Caitanya Calcutta caste cent cremation ground cult culture darśana deity devotion dharnă dharnā-jātris District divine earthly festival Gajan Ganges Ganguly Gauḍīya Vaiṣṇavas Gauranga Mandira Giri goddess Gosvāmin Goswamys guru Hindu Hinduism holy Hooghly District important India individual institution jātris journey Kālī kirtana Kṛṣṇa līlā linga located mahanta mantra matha Māyā Mayapur Muslim Navadvip number of pilgrims offering perform pilgrimage centre pilgrimage tradition pilgrims pīṭhas place of pilgrimage popular practices prasāda priests pūjā Purāņa purohit Rādhā religious ritual river sacred places sacrifice sadhus Śākta Sākta pithas Śakti Samāj sannyāsis Sanskrit sect shrine siddhis Śiva śmaśāna social songs spiritual Śrī Kṛṣṇa symbolic Tantric Tārā Tarakeswar Tāraknatha Tarapith temple tion tirtha town Vaiṣṇava Vāmā Vāmākhepā Vasistha village visited vows Vṛndāvana West Bengal worship