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Page 51
... seem bewilder-- ingly complex . One finds thousands of deities and hundreds of methods of worshipping each , dozens of sacred texts and every imaginable type of personal ritual practice . It seems quite unlikely that a system of thought ...
... seem bewilder-- ingly complex . One finds thousands of deities and hundreds of methods of worshipping each , dozens of sacred texts and every imaginable type of personal ritual practice . It seems quite unlikely that a system of thought ...
Page 148
... ( poḍa - to burn ) and the name refers to this incident . There seems to be a strong local folk element to the cult of this goddess . holy dhāma of Kṛṣṇa by equating this goddess with Katyāyani 148 Pilgrimage in the Hindu Tradition.
... ( poḍa - to burn ) and the name refers to this incident . There seems to be a strong local folk element to the cult of this goddess . holy dhāma of Kṛṣṇa by equating this goddess with Katyāyani 148 Pilgrimage in the Hindu Tradition.
Page 260
... seems not unfair , given the evidence contrary to that which he uses , to suggest that Turner has sought to find in pilgrimage a validation of his earlier theoretical propositions on ritual , and in order to do so , has somewhat ...
... seems not unfair , given the evidence contrary to that which he uses , to suggest that Turner has sought to find in pilgrimage a validation of his earlier theoretical propositions on ritual , and in order to do so , has somewhat ...
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