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... symbolic significance when one notes that Śiva as the great god manifests himself in the cosmos as the various elements of the universe . In the Bhasmajābālopanişad ( Ayyangar 1953 : 179 ) Śiva says : ' I ( the reputed Rudra ) am the ...
... symbolic significance when one notes that Śiva as the great god manifests himself in the cosmos as the various elements of the universe . In the Bhasmajābālopanişad ( Ayyangar 1953 : 179 ) Śiva says : ' I ( the reputed Rudra ) am the ...
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... symbolic behaviour , and particularly of symbolic behaviour appropriate to the specific character of the different deities who are resident in the pilgrimage shrines . The ritual activities of pilgrims are largely indis- tinguishable ...
... symbolic behaviour , and particularly of symbolic behaviour appropriate to the specific character of the different deities who are resident in the pilgrimage shrines . The ritual activities of pilgrims are largely indis- tinguishable ...
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... symbolic value which supports another point of view . The notion of fording , or crossing over , implies a crossing place - a liminal , median location between realms . A tīrtha is such a place and , in symbolic terms , so is every ...
... symbolic value which supports another point of view . The notion of fording , or crossing over , implies a crossing place - a liminal , median location between realms . A tīrtha is such a place and , in symbolic terms , so is every ...
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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