Benares, the Sacred City: Sketches of Hindu Life and ReligionW. Thacker, 1912 - 226 pages |
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... Aryans Rakshasas , demons . It only needed a wall or forts on the west to make the little colony secure on all sides . The cool bathing in the splendid river and worship on its sunny banks would afford to the Aryan settlers refreshment ...
... Aryans Rakshasas , demons . It only needed a wall or forts on the west to make the little colony secure on all sides . The cool bathing in the splendid river and worship on its sunny banks would afford to the Aryan settlers refreshment ...
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... Aryan settlers in northern India . They were by no means a united people , but composed of numerous tribes and clans , not all of pure Aryan stock ... Aryan tribes which adopted the Aryan religious teaching . The Aryans themselves were 17.
... Aryan settlers in northern India . They were by no means a united people , but composed of numerous tribes and clans , not all of pure Aryan stock ... Aryan tribes which adopted the Aryan religious teaching . The Aryans themselves were 17.
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... Aryan stock no longer exists , but Aryan culture and Aryan philosophy form the cement which now binds Hindu society to- gether from one end of India to the other . The means by which the Aryans handed down to posterity their great ...
... Aryan stock no longer exists , but Aryan culture and Aryan philosophy form the cement which now binds Hindu society to- gether from one end of India to the other . The means by which the Aryans handed down to posterity their great ...
Contents
IN THE VEDIC TIMES | 1 |
The Kāsis The Vedic hymns The Upanishads | 9 |
THE HINDU EPICSHEROWORSHIP | 17 |
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Aghori ancient Annapurna architectural Aryan ascetic Asoka Barna bath bathers Benares Brahmā Brahmanas Brahmin brass British brocades Buddha Buddhist built burning ghāt Calcutta carved caste century ceremonies Chźt Singh copper Dasāsamedh Ghāt Deer-park deity devotees divine doctrines Durgā earth European funeral pyres Ganźsha Ganges ghāt goddess gods Hastings heaven Hinduism Hiuen Thsang holy hymns idol India Indian Ishwara Jain Kālī Kāsis Khandawa Krishna Kshatriya 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 Sadhus sandhya sannyāsin Sanskrit saris Sarnath sculpture sect Shiva shrines silk Sītā 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