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Page 39
... give him the power to perform certain supernatural acts . The approval of his teacher confers ' upon him the authority to perform healing miracles and to work signs ' ( Ibid : 40 ) . While the pir ' is not said to perform miracles ; God ...
... give him the power to perform certain supernatural acts . The approval of his teacher confers ' upon him the authority to perform healing miracles and to work signs ' ( Ibid : 40 ) . While the pir ' is not said to perform miracles ; God ...
Page 117
... give dharnă will arrive in Tarakeswar on the day before they intend commencing their vigil . On that day they eat only vegetarian food . They spend the night in a lodge , several of which are preferred by dharnā - jātris . Most often ...
... give dharnă will arrive in Tarakeswar on the day before they intend commencing their vigil . On that day they eat only vegetarian food . They spend the night in a lodge , several of which are preferred by dharnā - jātris . Most often ...
Page 119
... give it up at this point by their priest , who sees his profit dwindling since he must meet the expenses of each successive day's pūjā out of the pilgrim's fixed payment . The number of dharnā - jātris is unevenly distributed throughout ...
... give it up at this point by their priest , who sees his profit dwindling since he must meet the expenses of each successive day's pūjā out of the pilgrim's fixed payment . The number of dharnā - jātris is unevenly distributed throughout ...
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