Pilgrimage in the Hindu Tradition: A Case Study of West Bengal |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 43
Page 281
... journey of pilgrimage takes place when some specific feature of the sacred place recommends itself to the pilgrim as especially suited to the type of interaction with the divine he seeks . In fact , the journey of pilgrimage has many ...
... journey of pilgrimage takes place when some specific feature of the sacred place recommends itself to the pilgrim as especially suited to the type of interaction with the divine he seeks . In fact , the journey of pilgrimage has many ...
Page 294
... journey to sacred places taken on a new dimension . The actual geographical journey is only one sort of passage to the tirtha . Venturing within one's own body yields tīrthas as well.10 In the Śaiva - Śākta tradition this inward journey ...
... journey to sacred places taken on a new dimension . The actual geographical journey is only one sort of passage to the tirtha . Venturing within one's own body yields tīrthas as well.10 In the Śaiva - Śākta tradition this inward journey ...
Page 297
... journey to the abode of the deity is taken as an allegory for the passage of the soul through life to God , then the termination of the allegorical journey at the earthly shrine invokes the idea of the completion of the soul's life ...
... journey to the abode of the deity is taken as an allegory for the passage of the soul through life to God , then the termination of the allegorical journey at the earthly shrine invokes the idea of the completion of the soul's life ...
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 |
Copyright | |
13 other sections not shown
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
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