Early History of the Vaishnava Faith and Movement in Bengal, from Sanskrit and Bengali Sources c10.s1.55
Early History of the Vaiṣṇava Faith and Movement in Bengal, from Sanskrit and Bengali Sources c10.s1.55
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c10.s1.55
This chapter deals with the operations relating to the daily morning worship of the image of the deity and its bathing and washing. Though the Sālagrāma worship is declared to be superior to image-worship, yet the latter has its importance, because it attracts the mind easily by its form and beauty. The images are self-revealed (*svayaṃ-vyakta*) or established by some pious devotee (*sthāpita*), of which the former is rare.