Benares, the Sacred City: Sketches of Hindu Life and ReligionW. Thacker, 1912 - 226 pages |
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Page 18
... 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 four castes only ...
... 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 four castes only ...
Page 99
... caste , fulfils with the most scrupulous exactitude the prescribed order and detail of his sandhya , laid down by traditions jealously guarded through thousands of years . Then with mind and body thus prepared , fold- ing his yellow ...
... caste , fulfils with the most scrupulous exactitude the prescribed order and detail of his sandhya , laid down by traditions jealously guarded through thousands of years . Then with mind and body thus prepared , fold- ing his yellow ...
Page 100
... 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 affords a panacea for most of the ills , bodily and ...
... 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 affords a panacea for most of the ills , bodily and ...
Contents
IN THE VEDIC TIMES | 1 |
The Kāsis The Vedic hymns The Upanishads | 9 |
THE HINDU EPICSHEROWORSHIP | 17 |
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