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Page xxxiii
... manes, Brahmans, and beggars ; (2) reverential salutation to Aditya, Draupadi,
Vishnu, Dandapani, and Mahes'wara; (3) visual contemplation of
Dhundhivinayaka; (4) a dip of the fingers in the Jnanav-api well, with adoration of
Nandikes'a, ...
... manes, Brahmans, and beggars ; (2) reverential salutation to Aditya, Draupadi,
Vishnu, Dandapani, and Mahes'wara; (3) visual contemplation of
Dhundhivinayaka; (4) a dip of the fingers in the Jnanav-api well, with adoration of
Nandikes'a, ...
Page 15
Indeed, so rigidly observant of the rules of their order are some of the Brahmans,
that, even should the shadow of such a man ... This mysterious notion of divinity,
permeating the entire 'life of the Brahman, originates, not only in the minds of the
...
Indeed, so rigidly observant of the rules of their order are some of the Brahmans,
that, even should the shadow of such a man ... This mysterious notion of divinity,
permeating the entire 'life of the Brahman, originates, not only in the minds of the
...
Page 40
Notwithstanding, therefore, all that is being done by Brahmans, Hindu priests,
and other deter_mined idolaters, to sustain Hinduism, and to thwart Christianity, it
is a fact, admitting of distinct proof, that the one is on the decline and the other is
in ...
Notwithstanding, therefore, all that is being done by Brahmans, Hindu priests,
and other deter_mined idolaters, to sustain Hinduism, and to thwart Christianity, it
is a fact, admitting of distinct proof, that the one is on the decline and the other is
in ...
Page 41
It is filling with anxiety the higher castes, and is calling forth all the subtlety of the
Brahmans, all their intellect, and all their mysterious authority. We must expect
the opposition to Christianity to be, in many places, organized and systematic, ...
It is filling with anxiety the higher castes, and is calling forth all the subtlety of the
Brahmans, all their intellect, and all their mysterious authority. We must expect
the opposition to Christianity to be, in many places, organized and systematic, ...
Page 69
... a slight difliculty in the way of such an assertion, yet the Hindus, brushing aside
such a trivial circumstance, readily accept the explanation given by the Brahmans
, that the joinings are only superficial, and do not penetrate through the stones.
... a slight difliculty in the way of such an assertion, yet the Hindus, brushing aside
such a trivial circumstance, readily accept the explanation given by the Brahmans
, that the joinings are only superficial, and do not penetrate through the stones.
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| Title | The Sacred City of the Hindus: An Account of Benares in Ancient and Modern Times |
| Author | Matthew Atmore Sherring |
| Contributor | Fitz-Edward Hall |
| Publisher | Trübner, 1868 |
| Original from | National Library of the Netherlands |
| Digitized | 16 Nov 2012 |
| Length | 388 pages |
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