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Page 111
... mother tongue . The majority of the forty - eight who claimed Hindi as their mother tongue are currently resident in West Bengal as part of the large Bihari population in the state . Those pilgrims attracted to the shrine from outside ...
... mother tongue . The majority of the forty - eight who claimed Hindi as their mother tongue are currently resident in West Bengal as part of the large Bihari population in the state . Those pilgrims attracted to the shrine from outside ...
Page 178
... Mother is taken to be a denigration of the limited tangible image of Tārā which he saw as nothing but material . Violence is healing and his companionship of animals inspired ( Song 2 ) . Vāmākhepā is described as being outwardly rough ...
... Mother is taken to be a denigration of the limited tangible image of Tārā which he saw as nothing but material . Violence is healing and his companionship of animals inspired ( Song 2 ) . Vāmākhepā is described as being outwardly rough ...
Page 179
... mother of the world . This means that she is the mother of both the elephant and the worms in its stool . Her creative role was also alluded to by one priest who responded to a pilgrim's question as to why a picture of Tārā represented ...
... mother of the world . This means that she is the mother of both the elephant and the worms in its stool . Her creative role was also alluded to by one priest who responded to a pilgrim's question as to why a picture of Tārā represented ...
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