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 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