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... human realms mentioned above . The place of pilgrimage is located at a fixed geographical point on earth , and in ... human world and hence volun- tarily taking the limited form that is to be found in the pilgrimage shrine . The form ...
... human realms mentioned above . The place of pilgrimage is located at a fixed geographical point on earth , and in ... human world and hence volun- tarily taking the limited form that is to be found in the pilgrimage shrine . The form ...
Page 262
... human condition is transcended . While the struc- tural features identified by Eliade seem to indicate important as- pects of all sacred places , his attempts to root all of these in an instinctive human drive of a particular character ...
... human condition is transcended . While the struc- tural features identified by Eliade seem to indicate important as- pects of all sacred places , his attempts to root all of these in an instinctive human drive of a particular character ...
Page 294
... human body . The juncture of these three rivers at the Triveņi at Prayaga is treated in the text as both a site in the city of Allahabad and a point in the human body . In the words of Jean Varenne ( 1976 : 198-9 ) ' the breath is ...
... human body . The juncture of these three rivers at the Triveņi at Prayaga is treated in the text as both a site in the city of Allahabad and a point in the human body . In the words of Jean Varenne ( 1976 : 198-9 ) ' the breath is ...
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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