Obscure Religious Practices Among Some Vaiṣṇavas of AssamThe Inhabitants Of Assam Are Called Assamese, Belong, To Many Ethnic Groups Of Both The Aryan And The Non-Aryan Stocks. The Religious Traits Of The People Of Assam Exhibit A Strange Admixture. |
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Area of Investigation | 9 |
Inhabitants in General | 15 |
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adherents adoration Ahom āmi Aniruddhadeva Āru Asam Assam Assamese attain Bara-sewa Bengal bhakatas Bhakti cult bihāras body brāhmaṇas Buddhism Calcutta called century A.D. ceremony customs debauchery deities deva devotion Dharma Dibrugarh disciple district diyā Dutta elderly monks esoteric practices faith female function Gauhati goddess Gogoi Golaghat Gopāla Gopāla Ātā Gopīdharā Gopis Gosains Goswami Guru hari held Ibid identified India jīva Jorhat Kachārīs Kāma Kāmākhyā Kāmarūpa Karani karō kewala Kewalīyā king known Koces Kṛṣṇa Lakhimpur Lakhimpur district lamp Lord Madhava Mahanta Mahāyāna Manasā Mantra Māyāmarā mora Mudrā Nāgārjuna nāi nāma Naraka Nārāyaṇa Neog non-Aryan nuns observed offered origin Pañca-makāras Pārvatī poet Prajñā pūrṇa Rādhā rāma Rāti-khowa cult recited religion Sadhu Sakti Samhati Sankara Sankaradeva sattras sewā Sibsagar Singha Śiva solemnised songs and padas Śrī Śrīrāmadeva Supreme swāmī Tantric Tantric-Buddhism term tion traditional Vaiṣṇava Vaisnavas verses vide Vişņu votaries Vṛndāvana wine worship