Benares, the Sacred City: Sketches of Hindu Life and ReligionBlackie & Son, limited, 1905 - 226 pages |
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... GANGES- The river at dawn and sunrise - Rites and ceremonies of the bathers - Ganges water - Funeral rites - The Diwâlî festival 71 90 CHAPTER VII . THE GHÂTS — Asi Sangam to Nepâli GHẤT— Dasâsamedh Ghât -- The Káli - puja - Sitala Ghât ...
... GANGES- The river at dawn and sunrise - Rites and ceremonies of the bathers - Ganges water - Funeral rites - The Diwâlî festival 71 90 CHAPTER VII . THE GHÂTS — Asi Sangam to Nepâli GHẤT— Dasâsamedh Ghât -- The Káli - puja - Sitala Ghât ...
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... Ganges valley , Benares may have been a great centre of primitive sun - worship , and that the special sanctity with which the Brahmins have invested the city is only a tradition of those primeval days , borrowed , with so many of their ...
... Ganges valley , Benares may have been a great centre of primitive sun - worship , and that the special sanctity with which the Brahmins have invested the city is only a tradition of those primeval days , borrowed , with so many of their ...
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... Ganges valley . They form the basis of the later schools of Indian philosophy . Though deeply tinged with Oriental mysticism , they , unlike the Brah- manas , are almost free from ritualism and sectarian spirit ; they are chiefly ...
... Ganges valley . They form the basis of the later schools of Indian philosophy . Though deeply tinged with Oriental mysticism , they , unlike the Brah- manas , are almost free from ritualism and sectarian spirit ; they are chiefly ...
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... Ganges valley - a clearing in the primeval forest , perhaps first occupied by the Dravidians or Kolarians . There they kept their cattle and cultivated the soil with the help of the conquered aboriginals , whom they called Da- syus ...
... Ganges valley - a clearing in the primeval forest , perhaps first occupied by the Dravidians or Kolarians . There they kept their cattle and cultivated the soil with the help of the conquered aboriginals , whom they called Da- syus ...
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... Ganges was at the same time a pro- tection from hostile invasions , and an easy highway of communication with the older Aryan settlements in the Punjab . The river Barna on the north , and the Asi on the south - a more important stream ...
... Ganges was at the same time a pro- tection from hostile invasions , and an easy highway of communication with the older Aryan settlements in the Punjab . The river Barna on the north , and the Asi on the south - a more important stream ...
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Page 40 - I am now going to the city of Benares to establish the kingdom of righteousness, to give light to those enshrouded in darkness, and to open the gate of immortality to men.
Page 10 - Those offerings of clarified butter, sour milk, whey, and curds, which thou madest in the waters, with them thou hast begotten me. I am the blessing (benediction) : make use of me at the sacrifice! If thou wilt make use of me at the sacrifice, thou wilt become rich in offspring and cattle. Whatever blessing thou shalt invoke through me, all that shall be granted to thee!
Page 12 - ... Nachiketa would not be denied. "Thou sayest, O Death, that even the gods were once puzzled by this mystery, and that it is not easy to understand. Surely there is no teacher better able to explain it than thou — and there is no other boon equal to this." To which, trying Nachiketa again, the god replied: "Ask for sons and grandsons who shall live a hundred years. Ask for cattle, elephants, horses, gold. Choose for thyself a mighty kingdom. Or if thou canst imagine aught better, ask for that...
Page 3 - He knows the path of birds that fly through heaven, and, sovran of the sea, He knows the ships that are thereon. 8. True to his holy law, he knows the twelve moons with their progeny : He knows the moon of later birth.
Page 20 - The ears of a Sudra who listens, intentionally, when the Veda is being recited are to be filled with molten lead. His tongue is to be cut out if he recite it. His body is to be split in twain if he preserve it in his memory.
Page 61 - And of the sacrifice performed by the master who has understood these truths, the soul is the performer; the heart, the seat of the sacrificial fire; sensual desires, the ghee; anger, the sacrificial lamb; contemplation, fire; the period of sacrifice, as long as life...
Page 29 - The almost illiterate oil-manufacturer or confectioner of Bengal spells out some modern translation of the Maha-bharata to while away his leisure hour. The tall and stalwart peasantry of the North-West know of the five Pandav brothers, and of their friend the righteous Krishna. The people of Bombay and Madras cherish with equal ardour the story of the righteous war. And even the traditions and tales interspersed in the Epic, and which spoil the work as an Epic, have themselves a charm...
Page 29 - Then the earth was rent and parted, and a golden throne arose, Held aloft by jewelled Nagas as the leaves enfold the rose, And the Mother in embraces held her spotless sinless Child, Saintly Janak's saintly daughter, pure and true and undefiled, Gods and men proclaim her virtue! But fair Sita is no more, Lone is Rama's loveless bosom and his days of bliss are o'er!
Page 45 - altogether as bright as jade. It is glistening, and sparkles like light; and all those who pray fervently before it see from time to time, according to their petitions, figures with good or bad signs.