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Page 99
... initiation following them . Before initiation the prospective sannyāsi is to shave ( if he is a male ) , bathe and rub his body with mud from the Ganges . He then repeats a Sanskrit mantra : ' Renouncing my own gotra , let me enter the ...
... initiation following them . Before initiation the prospective sannyāsi is to shave ( if he is a male ) , bathe and rub his body with mud from the Ganges . He then repeats a Sanskrit mantra : ' Renouncing my own gotra , let me enter the ...
Page 100
... initiation brought to their home where they pass the full period of initiation . 33 The crowd for the mela at the end of the month begins to build up from the 20th . From that date until the 24th , people from Midna- pore , Birbhum ...
... initiation brought to their home where they pass the full period of initiation . 33 The crowd for the mela at the end of the month begins to build up from the 20th . From that date until the 24th , people from Midna- pore , Birbhum ...
Page 147
... initiation or offering service to the guru is one of the motives for pilgrimage to Navadvip . By receiving initiation in a sacred place and serving one's guru there , the devotee performs several of the important devotional activities ...
... initiation or offering service to the guru is one of the motives for pilgrimage to Navadvip . By receiving initiation in a sacred place and serving one's guru there , the devotee performs several of the important devotional activities ...
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