Benares, the Sacred City: Sketches of Hindu Life and ReligionW. Thacker, 1912 - 226 pages |
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Sketches of Hindu Life and Religion Ernest Binfield Havell. CHAPTER I IN THE VEDIC TIMES History , in the conventional European sense , has never possessed much interest for the Hindu mind . Thoroughly permeated with the ... VEDIC TIMES- ...
Sketches of Hindu Life and Religion Ernest Binfield Havell. CHAPTER I IN THE VEDIC TIMES History , in the conventional European sense , has never possessed much interest for the Hindu mind . Thoroughly permeated with the ... VEDIC TIMES- ...
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... Vedas , nor by reason , nor by learning . The wicked cannot know it , nor he whose mind is not at rest . It manifests itself to itself . Only Self knows Self . " 1 We may picture Benares in the later Vedic times as one of the first ...
... Vedas , nor by reason , nor by learning . The wicked cannot know it , nor he whose mind is not at rest . It manifests itself to itself . Only Self knows Self . " 1 We may picture Benares in the later Vedic times as one of the first ...
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... 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 ... Vedic story , or expound what the vulgar are permitted to know of the ancient wisdom , to crowds of intent listeners ...
... 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 ... Vedic story , or expound what the vulgar are permitted to know of the ancient wisdom , to crowds of intent listeners ...
Contents
IN THE VEDIC TIMES | 1 |
The Kāsis The Vedic hymns The Upanishads | 9 |
THE HINDU EPICSHEROWORSHIP | 17 |
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