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... Sākta pithas . " The Sākta pithas are the sacred seats of the goddess ( pitha = seat ) . In these places of pilgrimage , the goddess is believed to be manifest , and thus not only is the formless goddess brought within the range of ...
... Sākta pithas . " The Sākta pithas are the sacred seats of the goddess ( pitha = seat ) . In these places of pilgrimage , the goddess is believed to be manifest , and thus not only is the formless goddess brought within the range of ...
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... Sākta pithas . The lists of the Sākta pithas which accompany the various ver- sions of the legend overlap but do not coincide . Some list only four pithas , most fifty - one and some 108. Sircar has indexed all the names given in ...
... Sākta pithas . The lists of the Sākta pithas which accompany the various ver- sions of the legend overlap but do not coincide . Some list only four pithas , most fifty - one and some 108. Sircar has indexed all the names given in ...
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... pitha but an association between ascetics and the founding of the shrine can be noted in several narratives of origin of Sākta pithas which were collected in West Bengal . Nalāhāṭī pīṭha is said to have been discovered when a Brāhmaṇ ...
... pitha but an association between ascetics and the founding of the shrine can be noted in several narratives of origin of Sākta pithas which were collected in West Bengal . Nalāhāṭī pīṭha is said to have been discovered when a Brāhmaṇ ...
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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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