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... linga . At the request of Vishnu he left part of his linga in its tejas ( fire ) form on the Arunachala hill . Other legends state that because Śiva once inadvertently had intercourse with his spouse on ground consecrated to the sages ...
... linga . At the request of Vishnu he left part of his linga in its tejas ( fire ) form on the Arunachala hill . Other legends state that because Śiva once inadvertently had intercourse with his spouse on ground consecrated to the sages ...
Page 88
... linga at Tarakeswar being a kāmadā ( wish- fulfilling : kāma wish , -dā = giving ) linga . According to the mahanta , there are generally held to be two types of lingas - those which fulfil wishes and those which yield liberation . The ...
... linga at Tarakeswar being a kāmadā ( wish- fulfilling : kāma wish , -dā = giving ) linga . According to the mahanta , there are generally held to be two types of lingas - those which fulfil wishes and those which yield liberation . The ...
Page 88
... linga at Tarakeswar being a kămadă ( wish- fulfilling : kāma wish , -dā = giving ) linga . According to the mahanta , there are generally held to be two types of lingas — those which fulfil wishes and those which yield liberation . The ...
... linga at Tarakeswar being a kămadă ( wish- fulfilling : kāma wish , -dā = giving ) linga . According to the mahanta , there are generally held to be two types of lingas — those which fulfil wishes and those which yield liberation . 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