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... Śakti . In her unified aspect , Śakti is formless , featureless and boundless . But as the local village goddess ( grama - devatā ) , and in her various aspects as Kālī , Umā , Pārvatī , Tārā , Sarasvatī , Girija , Durgā and so on , she ...
... Śakti . In her unified aspect , Śakti is formless , featureless and boundless . But as the local village goddess ( grama - devatā ) , and in her various aspects as Kālī , Umā , Pārvatī , Tārā , Sarasvatī , Girija , Durgā and so on , she ...
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... Śakti , often conceived symboli- cally as a wedded couple , is represented in every Śākta pītha by having Śiva installed as a linga in a small shrine near that of the goddess . There he receives oblations from priests and pilgrims , but ...
... Śakti , often conceived symboli- cally as a wedded couple , is represented in every Śākta pītha by having Śiva installed as a linga in a small shrine near that of the goddess . There he receives oblations from priests and pilgrims , but ...
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... ( śakti ) . This force is the inherent coun- terpart of the inert , material , male ( puruşa ) aspect of Creation . Male and female , deified as Śiva and Śakti , are seen as comp- lementary parts of a whole . The totality is Iśvara , for ...
... ( śakti ) . This force is the inherent coun- terpart of the inert , material , male ( puruşa ) aspect of Creation . Male and female , deified as Śiva and Śakti , are seen as comp- lementary parts of a whole . The totality is Iśvara , for ...
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
The Pilgrimage Tradition in West Bengal | 12 |
The Philosophical Roots of the Pilgrimage Tradition in West Bengal | 46 |
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activities aspects āśrama associated avatāra Bārī bathing behaviour Benares bhakti Bhardwaj bhoga Birbhum body Brahman Burdwan Caitanya Calcutta caste cent cremation ground cult culture darśana deity devotion dharna District divine earthly festival Gajan Ganges Gaudīya Vaisnavas Gauranga Giri goddess Goswamys guru Hindu Hinduism holy Hooghly District important India individual institution jātris journey Kālī kīrtana Krsna līlā linga located lotus mahanta Mandira mantra matha Māyā Mayapur Muslim Navadvip number of pilgrims offering participants patterns perform pilgrimage centre pilgrimage tradition pilgrims pīthas place of pilgrimage popular practices prasāda priests pūjā Purāņa purohit puruşa Rādhā regional religious ritual river sacred places sacred zone sacrifice sādhanā sādhus Śaiva Śākta pithas Śakti Samāj sannyāsis Sanskrit sect shrine Śiva śmaśāna social songs spiritual Śrī structure symbolic takes Tantric Tārā Tarakeswar Tarapith temple tion tirtha Turner Vaisnava Vāmā Vāmākhepā Vasistha village visited Vişnu vows Vrndāvana West Bengal worship