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At last , Surya , the Sun , appears , glowing with opal fire above the cloudy bars of
night . The miasmatic mists , like evil spirits — the wicked Asuras — shrink and
shrivel and vanish into thin air , as he pierces them through and through and ...
At last , Surya , the Sun , appears , glowing with opal fire above the cloudy bars of
night . The miasmatic mists , like evil spirits — the wicked Asuras — shrink and
shrivel and vanish into thin air , as he pierces them through and through and ...
Page 94
It is Shiva , the Destroyer , the principle of Life in Death , who is now worshipped
at Benares , under his symbol of the serpent and his phallic emblem , which
appears in every temple and is piled in thousands in the shrines along the ghâts .
It is Shiva , the Destroyer , the principle of Life in Death , who is now worshipped
at Benares , under his symbol of the serpent and his phallic emblem , which
appears in every temple and is piled in thousands in the shrines along the ghâts .
Page 197
When that at last is reached , the prêta - body is dissolved . The soul now
becomes a Pitri , and assumes another body adapted for enjoying heavenly bliss
, or for suffering the pains of hell . In this state it appears before the judge , Yama
...
When that at last is reached , the prêta - body is dissolved . The soul now
becomes a Pitri , and assumes another body adapted for enjoying heavenly bliss
, or for suffering the pains of hell . In this state it appears before the judge , Yama
...
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Contents
IN THE VEDIC TIMES | 1 |
THE HINDU EPICSHEROWORSHIP | 17 |
THE ADVENT OF BUDDHASARNATH AND | 32 |
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| Title | Benares, the Sacred City: Sketches of Hindu Life and Religion |
| Author | Ernest Binfield Havell |
| Edition | 2 |
| Publisher | W. Thacker, 1912 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 3 Sep 2008 |
| Length | 226 pages |
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