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... Siva . Viṣņu sent arrows or his Sudarśanacakra ( discus ) to dismember the body of Sati limb by limb . An alternative version states that the deities Brahma , Viṣṇu and Sani entered Sati's body and caused it to disintegrate . When Śiva ...
... Siva . Viṣņu sent arrows or his Sudarśanacakra ( discus ) to dismember the body of Sati limb by limb . An alternative version states that the deities Brahma , Viṣṇu and Sani entered Sati's body and caused it to disintegrate . When Śiva ...
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... Śiva worship in Bengal . Although a recognized Śākta pīṭha as well , where the space between the eyebrows of Sati is said to have fallen , ' it is mainly famous for its Siva temple ' ( Chaudhuri 1975 : 134 ) . Like Tarakeswar ...
... Śiva worship in Bengal . Although a recognized Śākta pīṭha as well , where the space between the eyebrows of Sati is said to have fallen , ' it is mainly famous for its Siva temple ' ( Chaudhuri 1975 : 134 ) . Like Tarakeswar ...
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... Śiva and Śakti as a married couple . In Bengal , the complementarity is expressed in the well - known phrase Siva without Sakti is a corpse ' ( siva śaktihīna śava ) ( Nicholas 1972 : 2 ) . There are , of course , many minor sects and ...
... Śiva and Śakti as a married couple . In Bengal , the complementarity is expressed in the well - known phrase Siva without Sakti is a corpse ' ( siva śaktihīna śava ) ( Nicholas 1972 : 2 ) . There are , of course , many minor sects and ...
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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