Benares, the Sacred City: Sketches of Hindu Life and ReligionW. Thacker, 1912 - 226 pages |
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Page 11
... bring up a family ) . Do not swerve from the truth . Do not swerve from virtue . Do not swerve from the good . Do not be indifferent to the attainment of greatness . Do not neglect your duties to the gods and to your parents . Honour ...
... bring up a family ) . Do not swerve from the truth . Do not swerve from virtue . Do not swerve from the good . Do not be indifferent to the attainment of greatness . Do not neglect your duties to the gods and to your parents . Honour ...
Page 18
... bring every sect and caste and grade of society to worship together on the banks of the Ganges . The effect of this continual process of subdivision may be realized from the fact that , whereas Manu , the Hindu Moses , legislated for ...
... bring every sect and caste and grade of society to worship together on the banks of the Ganges . The effect of this continual process of subdivision may be realized from the fact that , whereas Manu , the Hindu Moses , legislated for ...
Page 168
... bring sudden and awful destruc- tion on man and beast - they become Rudra " the Roarer " , Ugra " the fierce " , Shiva " the terrible destroyer " , and Durgâ " the inaccessible " , Rakta- danti " the bloody - toothed " . Durgâ is ...
... bring sudden and awful destruc- tion on man and beast - they become Rudra " the Roarer " , Ugra " the fierce " , Shiva " the terrible destroyer " , and Durgâ " the inaccessible " , Rakta- danti " the bloody - toothed " . Durgâ is ...
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