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... death , and the goddess , giver of life , is also mistress of death by the inevitable association of the two . In myth , she links life and death within herself , as complementary opposites , just as they are inseparably linked in the ...
... death , and the goddess , giver of life , is also mistress of death by the inevitable association of the two . In myth , she links life and death within herself , as complementary opposites , just as they are inseparably linked in the ...
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... death in the pitha . The significance of death imagery in Säkta and Tantric practice derives from a doctrinal emphasis on the individual's realization of his own mortality and the transience of all material things . By confronting death ...
... death in the pitha . The significance of death imagery in Säkta and Tantric practice derives from a doctrinal emphasis on the individual's realization of his own mortality and the transience of all material things . By confronting death ...
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... death in the Hindu tradition . Important places of pilgrimage such as Benares , Gaya and Hardwar are celebrated for death - related rituals and acts . If the geographical journey to the abode of the deity is taken as an allegory for the ...
... death in the Hindu tradition . Important places of pilgrimage such as Benares , Gaya and Hardwar are celebrated for death - related rituals and acts . If the geographical journey to the abode of the deity is taken as an allegory for the ...
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