The History of India from the Earliest Ages: Hindu Buddhist Brahmanical revivalN. Trübner, 1874 |
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... worship amongst the Rishis Spirit of the Vedic hymns Earlier and later conceptions Multiplicity of Deities The Rishis and the Kshatriyas Different religious ideas Different conceptions of Indra Differences of worship Flesh feasts of the ...
... worship amongst the Rishis Spirit of the Vedic hymns Earlier and later conceptions Multiplicity of Deities The Rishis and the Kshatriyas Different religious ideas Different conceptions of Indra Differences of worship Flesh feasts of the ...
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... worship : its phallic character Collision between nature worship and phallic worship 41 42 43 44 45 45 45 47 48 49 49 50 51 52 52 52 53 54 54 55 56 56 57 59 Hindú constitution . Village communities of landholders Village officials and ...
... worship : its phallic character Collision between nature worship and phallic worship 41 42 43 44 45 45 45 47 48 49 49 50 51 52 52 52 53 54 54 55 56 56 57 59 Hindú constitution . Village communities of landholders Village officials and ...
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... worship of the gods Religion of the Bráhman sages - a compromise between the metempsychosis and the old theology Popular religion of the Bráhman priests unaffected by the metempsychosis Stages in the history of the Brahmans : originally ...
... worship of the gods Religion of the Bráhman sages - a compromise between the metempsychosis and the old theology Popular religion of the Bráhman priests unaffected by the metempsychosis Stages in the history of the Brahmans : originally ...
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... worship of relics . 250 Religious character of Fah - Hian's travels 251 Buddhism in the Punjab 252 Brahmanical pale 252 Monastic life of the Srámans Pilgrimages to holy places Middle country : mildness of Buddhist administration ...
... worship of relics . 250 Religious character of Fah - Hian's travels 251 Buddhism in the Punjab 252 Brahmanical pale 252 Monastic life of the Srámans Pilgrimages to holy places Middle country : mildness of Buddhist administration ...
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... worship are still lingering throughout the greater part of India , but they are already dying away before the development of spiritual ideas ; and but little now remains beyond an archaic symbolism , which has ceased to exercise any ...
... worship are still lingering throughout the greater part of India , but they are already dying away before the development of spiritual ideas ; and but little now remains beyond an archaic symbolism , which has ceased to exercise any ...
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Accordingly Alexander amongst ancient animal appear Arrian Asoka Ayodhya Benares Bengal Bharata Bhishma Brah Bráhman sages Brahmanical Buddha Buddhist Burma Cabul caste ceremony chap CHAPTER character conception damsel death deity Dekhan Dharma Dhritarashtra dogma Draupadí Dravidian Duryodhana duties edicts empire existence father Ganges gods Gótama Buddha Greek hereafter hereditary Hindú Hindustan history of India humanity idea Indraprastha Indus invasion Jhelum Jumna jungle Kapila Kauravas king kingdom known Koli Kosala Kshatriyas land legend Magadha Mahá Bhárata Maháraja marriage Megasthenes mendicant metempsychosis modern monastic monks Mussulman Nágas named Nirvána origin palace Pándavas Patali-putra period political Porus priests princes propitiated Punjab race Raja Priyadarsi Rajpoot Rámáyana regarded relics religion religious Rishis rites river royal sacrifices Sakya Sákya Muni Sandrokottos sect serpent soul sovereign Srámans Strabo supreme spirit teaching throne tion traditions transmigrations tribes Turanian universe Vedic Aryans Vedic hymns village whilst wife worship Yudhishthira
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