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Some cut off their hair ; others preserve a tuft upon the crown of the head , go
naked , and are destitute of any kind of clothing . Some besmear their bodies with
ashes , and practise zealously severe austerities , in order to obtain release from
...
Some cut off their hair ; others preserve a tuft upon the crown of the head , go
naked , and are destitute of any kind of clothing . Some besmear their bodies with
ashes , and practise zealously severe austerities , in order to obtain release from
...
Page 48
Among the most prominent of these is , we need hardly say , the proud , half -
naked Brahman , — with shaven head , save a long tuft depending from his
crown behind , the sacred cord being thrown over one shoulder or ear , and the
symbol ...
Among the most prominent of these is , we need hardly say , the proud , half -
naked Brahman , — with shaven head , save a long tuft depending from his
crown behind , the sacred cord being thrown over one shoulder or ear , and the
symbol ...
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approach to Benares , but was , eventually , obliged to succumb to it , and to
surrender his crown to the Brahmanical invaders ; or , it may be , that , in a remote
age in the history of Hinduism , the Raja may have become possessed of the city
...
approach to Benares , but was , eventually , obliged to succumb to it , and to
surrender his crown to the Brahmanical invaders ; or , it may be , that , in a remote
age in the history of Hinduism , the Raja may have become possessed of the city
...
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She wears on her head a large crown , surmounted with balls , like the coronets
of the nobility . Her person is covered with a cloth ; and from her neck depend
several garlands of flowers . The goddess is seated on a lion in a recumbent ...
She wears on her head a large crown , surmounted with balls , like the coronets
of the nobility . Her person is covered with a cloth ; and from her neck depend
several garlands of flowers . The goddess is seated on a lion in a recumbent ...
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The height of the head is partly owing to the mode in which the hair is arranged
upon it ; for it is plaited and bound round the crown , so as to have the
appearance of a high head - dress . 152 BENARES , PAST AND PRESENT .
The height of the head is partly owing to the mode in which the hair is arranged
upon it ; for it is plaited and bound round the crown , so as to have the
appearance of a high head - dress . 152 BENARES , PAST AND PRESENT .
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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 | Fitzedward Hall |
| Publisher | Trübner & Company, 1868 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 12 Jul 2005 |
| Length | 388 pages |
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