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Page 135
... Caitanya as he is usually conceived . His physical appearance is further detailed in the Caitanya - caritămṛta ( Chapter III ) : our Lord has appeared in yellow complexion as Lord Caitanya And He has complexion like molten gold , very ...
... Caitanya as he is usually conceived . His physical appearance is further detailed in the Caitanya - caritămṛta ( Chapter III ) : our Lord has appeared in yellow complexion as Lord Caitanya And He has complexion like molten gold , very ...
Page 136
... Caitanya . except for the fact that the image bears a nose - ring ( a piece of women's jewellery ) to represent the female aspect of his character . Song 1 illustrates the same duality by having Caitanya look at his reflection in water ...
... Caitanya . except for the fact that the image bears a nose - ring ( a piece of women's jewellery ) to represent the female aspect of his character . Song 1 illustrates the same duality by having Caitanya look at his reflection in water ...
Page 150
... Caitanya are sup- posed to have met for the first time ( milana = meeting place ) . 3. Upanayana Līlā , commemorating the sacred thread ceremony ( upanayana ) of Caitanya . 4. Sara - bhuja , the three incarnations of Kṛṣṇa seen by ...
... Caitanya are sup- posed to have met for the first time ( milana = meeting place ) . 3. Upanayana Līlā , commemorating the sacred thread ceremony ( upanayana ) of Caitanya . 4. Sara - bhuja , the three incarnations of Kṛṣṇa seen by ...
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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