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The gloom and terrors of tropical forests , the fury of the cyclone , the scorching
heat , and the mighty forces of the monsoon Roods , had not yet infected Aryan
life and thought . Their poets loved to sing the beauties of the dawn - Ushas , the
...
The gloom and terrors of tropical forests , the fury of the cyclone , the scorching
heat , and the mighty forces of the monsoon Roods , had not yet infected Aryan
life and thought . Their poets loved to sing the beauties of the dawn - Ushas , the
...
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We may picture Benares in the later Vedic times as one of the first Aryan
settlements in the Ganges valley - a clearing in the primeval forest , perhaps first
occupied by the Dravidians or Kolarians . There they kept their cattle and
cultivated the ...
We may picture Benares in the later Vedic times as one of the first Aryan
settlements in the Ganges valley - a clearing in the primeval forest , perhaps first
occupied by the Dravidians or Kolarians . There they kept their cattle and
cultivated the ...
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The river Barna on the north , and the Asi on the south - a more important stream
than it is now - gave protection from sudden attacks of the fierce aboriginal tribes
dwelling in the densest forests , and called by the Aryans Rakshasas , demons .
The river Barna on the north , and the Asi on the south - a more important stream
than it is now - gave protection from sudden attacks of the fierce aboriginal tribes
dwelling in the densest forests , and called by the Aryans Rakshasas , demons .
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They were by no means a united people , but composed of numerous tribes and
clans , not all of pure Aryan stock , often fighting with each other , and surrounded
not only by savage aboriginals of the lowest type living in the dense forests ...
They were by no means a united people , but composed of numerous tribes and
clans , not all of pure Aryan stock , often fighting with each other , and surrounded
not only by savage aboriginals of the lowest type living in the dense forests ...
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After his children were born , Pându took the vow of an ascetic , and retired into
the forest , leaving the government of his kingdom to his blind brother ,
Dhritarashtra , and Bhishma , his uncle . The opponents of the Pândavas were
the hundred ...
After his children were born , Pându took the vow of an ascetic , and retired into
the forest , leaving the government of his kingdom to his blind brother ,
Dhritarashtra , and Bhishma , his uncle . The opponents of the Pândavas were
the hundred ...
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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 57 - 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.
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| Title | Benares, the Sacred City: Sketches of Hindu Life and Religion Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Mapping the World: Maps and Travel Literature |
| Author | Ernest Binfield Havell |
| Edition | 2 |
| Publisher | Blackie & Son, limited, 1905 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 12 Jul 2005 |
| Length | 226 pages |
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