This is the acclaimed study and interpretation of Banaras, the holy place of the Hindus.
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In Banaras, Diana Eck... has written a notable book about this greatest of Indian pilgrimage sites.... Her brilliant, comprehensive book seems likely to remain for a long time the definitive work on this great Indian city.
(Washington Post )The most beautiful book... on India.
(Journal of the American Academy of Religion )A major event among studies of India.
(John Stratton Hawley Asia )Eck is a master of tone here. She begins as dry scholar, allows her personal voice to emerge and then, through judicious use of lyric quotations, advances to a striking level of exaltation and triumph.... To take us gently off this high, Eck buttresses us-and her arguments-with a truly amazing display of addenda; glossaries, calendars and appendices. One ends filled with admiration and awe, not just for the vision given us, but for the scholarship and dedication that made it possible.
(Los Angeles Times )About the Author
DIANA L. ECK is professor of comparative religion and Indian studies and director of The Pluralism Project at Harvard University. She is the author of many books, including Dar´san: Seeing the Divine Image in India and the editor of On Common Ground: World Religions in America, a multimedia CD-ROM, both published by Columbia.
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An Illuminating Book,
By Arlen O'Laochdha (Peterborough, Ontario Canada) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Banaras: City of Light (Hardcover)
This book takes one on a breathtaking Odyssey through the sacred landscape of the world's oldest and most sacred city: Lord Siva's eternal abode. Eck's approach is sensitive and captivating, her scholarship is impressive, and the result of her labour has been a preciously insightful and informative book. Anyone seeking God owes it to himself to learn about the Holy City of Kashi, where death is transformed into divine liberation, and reading this book is an excellent way to get started. As both a Saiva and a scholar, I highly recommend it!
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The best book on India's most holy city,
By Pony Girl "Pony Girl" (Escondido, CA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Banaras (Paperback)
Diane Eck has written the most readable and spiritual book on the city where Hindus make pilgrimage to bathe in the Ganges and to take their last breath in this lifetime. The book includes good maps of the bathing ghats and detailed information of this ancient city of temples devoted to Shiva and other Gods and Goddesses. I have been to Banaras and walked those crooked streets and Eck's book places me right back in that sacred place.
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This review is from: Banaras (Paperback)
I first visited The City of Light in the fall of '89. When I returned for six month stays in both 1999 and 2006 I had Diana Eck's book with me; it made a rich experience even richer. As Eck writes, Kashi is not of this world, and her book - now well-dogearred - made my explorations more focused and deeply understood.
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BANARAS is a magnificent city, rising from the western bank of the River Ganges, where the river takes a broad crescent sweep toward the north. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
ten ashvamedhas, yaksha deities, great tirthas, waning fortnight, waxing fortnight, other tirthas, fiery linga, various tirthas, great cremation ground, directional guardians, bull demon, sacred zone, folk deities, sacred city, sacred geography, cremation grounds, myth cycle Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
North India, Forest of Bliss, Adi Keshava, Kali Age, Panchakroshi Road, Great Goddess, James Prinsep, South India, Bindu Madhava, Central India, Lord of Death, River of Heaven, Bare Ganesha, Ganges Rivers, God of Death, Hiuen Tsiang, Kala Bhairava, Tulsi Das, Age of Strife, Benares Illustrated, Lord of All, Shiva Sharma, Supreme Lord, Supreme Shiva, Trilochana Temple New!
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BANARAS is a magnificent city, rising from the western bank of the River Ganges, where the river takes a broad crescent sweep toward the north. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
ten ashvamedhas, yaksha deities, great tirthas, waning fortnight, waxing fortnight, other tirthas, fiery linga, various tirthas, great cremation ground, directional guardians, bull demon, sacred zone, folk deities, sacred city, sacred geography, cremation grounds, myth cycle Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
North India, Forest of Bliss, Adi Keshava, Kali Age, Panchakroshi Road, Great Goddess, James Prinsep, South India, Bindu Madhava, Central India, Lord of Death, River of Heaven, Bare Ganesha, Ganges Rivers, God of Death, Hiuen Tsiang, Kala Bhairava, Tulsi Das, Age of Strife, Benares Illustrated, Lord of All, Shiva Sharma, Supreme Lord, Supreme Shiva, Trilochana Temple New!
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- India Revisited by Edwin Arnold on 5 pages
- Travels in India by Jean Bapiste Tavernier on 5 pages
- Ancient Indian Historical Tradition by F E PARGITER on 4 pages
- Life and Work in Benares and Kumaon (1839-1877) by James Kennedy on 4 pages
- Following the Equator (National Geographic Adventure Classics) by Mark Twain on page 12, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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