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Page 176
... Vāmākhepā ( or Vāmācaraṇa ) , whose actions in devotion were very much of a type with Ramakrishna's . Since the fame of Vamākhepā is largely re- sponsible for the increase in popularity of Tarapith in the twentieth century , a brief ...
... Vāmākhepā ( or Vāmācaraṇa ) , whose actions in devotion were very much of a type with Ramakrishna's . Since the fame of Vamākhepā is largely re- sponsible for the increase in popularity of Tarapith in the twentieth century , a brief ...
Page 177
... Vāmākhepā saw a blue light , which assumed the form of Tārā , holding the khadga ( sacrificial sword ) , the hooked sword of Kāli , the lotus and a human skull filled with nectar . Vāmā was spellbound . Tără extended her arms and pulled ...
... Vāmākhepā saw a blue light , which assumed the form of Tārā , holding the khadga ( sacrificial sword ) , the hooked sword of Kāli , the lotus and a human skull filled with nectar . Vāmā was spellbound . Tără extended her arms and pulled ...
Page 178
... Vāmākhepā . But his madness , and his irrational behaviour , are recounted now as stories of divine inspiration . Urinating on the Mother is taken to be a denigration of the limited tangible image of Tārā which he saw as nothing but ...
... Vāmākhepā . But his madness , and his irrational behaviour , are recounted now as stories of divine inspiration . Urinating on the Mother is taken to be a denigration of the limited tangible image of Tārā which he saw as nothing but ...
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The Gauramandala conceived as lotus | 1 |
VästupuruşamandalaThe temple as puruşa Plates between pages 104 and 105 | 2 |
GauraNitai Caitanya and Nityananda | 3 |
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activities Advaitic 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 disciples District divine earthly festival Gajan Ganges Ganguly Gauḍīya Vaiṣṇavas Gauranga Mandira Giri goddess Goswamys guru Hindu Hinduism holy Hooghly Hooghly District important India individual institution jātris journey Kālī kirtana Kṛṣṇa līlā linga located mahanta mantra matha Māyā Mayapur Muslim Navadvip Nityananda 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 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