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Page 44
... popular concep- tion as holy , and it is popular beliefs regarding a sacred site's conformity to these norms which are the repository of its sthāna- māhātmya . The mechanisms by which sthāna - māhātmya is circulated within the populace ...
... popular concep- tion as holy , and it is popular beliefs regarding a sacred site's conformity to these norms which are the repository of its sthāna- māhātmya . The mechanisms by which sthāna - māhātmya is circulated within the populace ...
Page 268
... popular belief about a place , it is a matter of subjective opinion . The sectarian pattern of Hinduism in West Bengal creates diversity in popular perceptions of the relative status of holy places , as each sect champions its own ...
... popular belief about a place , it is a matter of subjective opinion . The sectarian pattern of Hinduism in West Bengal creates diversity in popular perceptions of the relative status of holy places , as each sect champions its own ...
Page 280
... popular stories well known to pilgrims ) , make the same point . The vitality of belief in the living presence of the deity at the sacred place is to be noted in the behaviour of the dharna - jātri who could not be convinced that Ashok ...
... popular stories well known to pilgrims ) , make the same point . The vitality of belief in the living presence of the deity at the sacred place is to be noted in the behaviour of the dharna - jātri who could not be convinced that Ashok ...
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