Benares, the Sacred City: Sketches of Hindu Life and ReligionW. Thacker, 1912 - 226 pages |
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... ascetic , seeing the past , the present , and the future , sits in profound meditation - the type of spiritual power gained by restraint of bodily passions . To win this easy passport to heaven , old men and women , who have left the ...
... ascetic , seeing the past , the present , and the future , sits in profound meditation - the type of spiritual power gained by restraint of bodily passions . To win this easy passport to heaven , old men and women , who have left the ...
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... ascetic , retiring from the world and devoting himself entirely to religious practices and meditation ; and lastly , the state of the religious mendicant , or sannyâsî , when , after breaking his sacred thread , the symbol of his caste ...
... ascetic , retiring from the world and devoting himself entirely to religious practices and meditation ; and lastly , the state of the religious mendicant , or sannyâsî , when , after breaking his sacred thread , the symbol of his caste ...
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... ascetic devoutly reading at this ghât , who bestows his blessing on the prying AN AGHORI tourist , but contemptuously refuses to accept any of the usual bakshish . Near his cell is a suttee stone of unusually elaborate construction , on ...
... ascetic devoutly reading at this ghât , who bestows his blessing on the prying AN AGHORI tourist , but contemptuously refuses to accept any of the usual bakshish . Near his cell is a suttee stone of unusually elaborate construction , on ...
Contents
IN THE VEDIC TIMES | 1 |
The Kâsis The Vedic hymns The Upanishads | 9 |
THE HINDU EPICSHEROWORSHIP | 17 |
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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 Barna bath bathers Benares Brahmâ Brahmanas Brahmin brass British brocades Buddha Buddhist built burning ghât Calcutta carved caste century ceremonies Chêt Singh copper Dasâsamedh Ghât Deer-park deity devotees divine doctrines Durgâ earth European funeral pyres Ganêsha Ganges ghât goddess gods Hastings heaven Hinduism Hiuen Thsang holy hymns idol India Indian Ishwara Jain Kâlî Kâsis Khandawa Krishna Kshatriya Madhu Das's Gardens Mahâbhârata Mahâdeva Manikarnika mantras Manu Mogul monasteries mosque Muhammadan northern India palace Panch-kôsi Panchganga Pândava performed philosophy pilgrimage pilgrims Pitris popular priests Raja Râma Râmâyana Ramnagar religion religious representing Rig-Veda rites ritual river sacrifice Sadhus sandhya sannyâsin Sanskrit saris Sarnath sculpture sect Shiva shrines silk Sîtâ 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