The Blackwell Companion to Hinduism

goddess in liquid form and is held to be a holy river, eternally pure and purify- ing. While bathing in the Ganges at any time o ...

of the goddess, and as such it embodies auspiciousness. The lighting of lamps is actually important throughout the entire month ...

Vishnu awakens on the eleventh of Ka ̄rtik’s bright fortnight, a date known as Prabodhanı ̄Eka ̄das ́ı ̄, “waking eleventh.”^6 T ...

One of the most famous images associated with Krishna is that of the ra ̄sa- lı ̄la ̄, the “circle dance,” where Krishna, surrou ...

334 tracy pintchman Ka ̄rtik Pu ̄ja ̄and Krishna’s Wedding to Tulsi Women who participate in Ka ̄rtik pu ̄ja ̄are Ka ̄rtik vratı ...

other women. Stories narrated include, among others, those related to Ka ̄rtik, Tulsi, the Ganges, and Krishna, all of which are ...

and the newly risen sun, women use turmeric to draw on the ground a ritual diagram consisting of thirty squares, called kot.ha ̄ ...

the month of ka ̄rtik and women’s ritual devotions 337 the period between Tulsi’s marriage to Krishna and her departure with her ...

338 tracy pintchman Oh, my heart, worship Krishna.^15 Laughing, sweet Radha asked, “Krishna, how did that red tilak(auspicious m ...

The tension between Tulsi and Radha that is exemplified in these songs has larger symbolic resonances. Krishna’s proper marital ...

banks of the Ganges. Yet the devotional realm of Krishna’s carefree sport is far removed from the realm of real human relations ...

in 2000–1 so that I could work intensively on this project. I am grateful to all these organizations and institutions for their ...

References Bharatı ̄ya ̄, Ru ̄ pakis ́or and Ka ̄rs.n.i Ran.vı ̄r Brahamaca ̄rı ̄. 1974. Ba ̄rahoñ mahı ̄ne ke sampu ̄rn.vrat au ...

The Indian Sciences ...

CHAPTER 16 The Science of Language Frits Staal The assertions and propositions of many Indian sciences are formulated by means o ...

one breath, the caesura at the end being marked by a pause or the particle iti. Vedic Brahmins continue to the present day to re ...

Iranian Avesta). The Padapa ̄t.ha “word-for-word” analysis separated words and other elements, insuring their proper pronunciati ...

prescription because the reciters describe the regular form that would result from uru followed bya ̄in their ordinary speech, t ...

which stands nearest to it” (Rik Pra ̄tis ́a ̄khya1.14); and later simply as: “a change is expressed as an Accusative” (Va ̄jasa ...

phonology, they are sometimes similar or almost the same as some Pra ̄tis ́a ̄khya rules, e.g., the definition of “homorganic”: ...