Benares, the Sacred City: Sketches of Hindu Life and ReligionW. Thacker, 1912 - 226 pages |
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... bathing - ghâts , for the city is built on a high ridge about a hundred feet above the river . After the mon- soon ... bath in the sacred river is taken within the building , convenient recesses for the bathers being arranged along the ...
... bathing - ghâts , for the city is built on a high ridge about a hundred feet above the river . After the mon- soon ... bath in the sacred river is taken within the building , convenient recesses for the bathers being arranged along the ...
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... bathing from some ceremonial pollution . High - caste and low - caste , Brahmin and Sudra , bathe side by side , for the holy Ganges , descending from heaven and falling over Shiva's brow , not only effaces caste distinctions , but ...
... bathing from some ceremonial pollution . High - caste and low - caste , Brahmin and Sudra , bathe side by side , for the holy Ganges , descending from heaven and falling over Shiva's brow , not only effaces caste distinctions , but ...
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... bathing ghât , glowing like a flower- garden with the colours of their saris . Further on , a forest of palm - leaf umbrellas , where men in crowds are bathing , praying , muttering their mantras , marking their bodies with the signs of ...
... bathing ghât , glowing like a flower- garden with the colours of their saris . Further on , a forest of palm - leaf umbrellas , where men in crowds are bathing , praying , muttering their mantras , marking their bodies with the signs of ...
Contents
IN THE VEDIC TIMES | 1 |
The Kâsis 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 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