Benares, the Sacred City: Sketches of Hindu Life and ReligionBlackie & Son, limited, 1905 - 226 pages |
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... round Benares now ; the better ones might have been partly of brick or stone , plastered over and decorated with paintings in fresco , the most ancient form of pictorial art , such as the oldest Buddhist records describe . It was an ...
... round Benares now ; the better ones might have been partly of brick or stone , plastered over and decorated with paintings in fresco , the most ancient form of pictorial art , such as the oldest Buddhist records describe . It was an ...
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... round the pure Aryan doctrines a vast agglomeration of the primitive native faiths and purely Indian traditions which constitute the basis of the popular Hinduism of to - day . The caste system which was evolved out of these peculiar ...
... round the pure Aryan doctrines a vast agglomeration of the primitive native faiths and purely Indian traditions which constitute the basis of the popular Hinduism of to - day . The caste system which was evolved out of these peculiar ...
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... round the story and the characters of the great epics . An almost illiterate oil - manufacturer of Bengal spells out some modern translation of the Mahābhārata to while away his leisure hour . The tall and stalwart peasantry of the ...
... round the story and the characters of the great epics . An almost illiterate oil - manufacturer of Bengal spells out some modern translation of the Mahābhārata to while away his leisure hour . The tall and stalwart peasantry of the ...
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... round the spot made sacred by its associations with the first preaching of Buddha , and that the Hindu city , on a much more spacious plan than it has now ( for the early Aryans , as we know from Megasthenes , loved air and space in ...
... round the spot made sacred by its associations with the first preaching of Buddha , and that the Hindu city , on a much more spacious plan than it has now ( for the early Aryans , as we know from Megasthenes , loved air and space in ...
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... Round about the tower , or spire , in tiers rising one over the other , were a hundred niches , each containing an image of Buddha , which Hiuen Thsang supposed to be of gold , but which were probably only of bronze or copper gilt ...
... Round about the tower , or spire , in tiers rising one over the other , were a hundred niches , each containing an image of Buddha , which Hiuen Thsang supposed to be of gold , but which were probably only of bronze or copper gilt ...
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Benares, the Sacred City: Sketches of Hindu Life and Religion Ernest Binfield Havell No preview available - 2016 |
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Aghori ancient Annapurna architectural Aryan ascetic Asoka Aurangzib Barna bath bathers Benares Brahmā Brahmanas Brahmin brass British brocades Buddha Buddhist built burning ghāt carved caste century ceremonies Chźt Singh copper Dasāsamedh Ghāt Deer-park devotees divine doctrines Durgā earth European funeral pyres Ganges ghāt goddess gods Hastings heaven Hinduism Hiuen Thsang holy hymns idol India Indian Ishwara Jain Kāli Kāsi Khandawa Krishna Kshatriya lāt Madhu Das's Gardens Mahābhārata Mahādeva Manikarnika mantras Manu Mogul monasteries mosque Muhammadan northern India palace Panch-kōsi Panchganga Pāndava performed philosophy pilgrimage pilgrims Pitris popular priests Raja Rāma Rāmāyana Ramnagar religion religious representing Rig-Veda rites ritual river sacrifice sacrificial virtue Sadhus sandhya sannyāsin Sanskrit saris Sarnath sculpture sect Shiva shrines silk Sitā Sitala soul spires spiritual stone story stupa Surya Syama symbol tion trees Trimurti Upanishads Vajrasena Vedas Vedic vessels village Vishnu Wazir Ali Wazir Ali's whole women worship Yama Yudhishthira
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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.