Benares, the Sacred City: Sketches of Hindu Life and ReligionW. Thacker, 1912 - 226 pages |
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... devotion to signs and symbols implies a giving way of the foundations of Hindu beliefs . Idolatry and sym- bolic ritual were never regarded as indispensable to Hinduism , but rather as a kind of spiritual kinder- garten to help the ...
... devotion to signs and symbols implies a giving way of the foundations of Hindu beliefs . Idolatry and sym- bolic ritual were never regarded as indispensable to Hinduism , but rather as a kind of spiritual kinder- garten to help the ...
Page 122
... devotion . They will give visitors a friendly greeting , offering a handful of cardamoms , with excuses for their inability to show more lavish hospitality . At the time of my visit there was an old monk , spectacled , nearly blind ...
... devotion . They will give visitors a friendly greeting , offering a handful of cardamoms , with excuses for their inability to show more lavish hospitality . At the time of my visit there was an old monk , spectacled , nearly blind ...
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... devotion at this ghāt is the charan - paduka , a marble slab set into the ground , and carved with the figures of two footprints on which mystic signs are engraved . Almost every saint or divinity in Hinduism is supposed to have left ...
... devotion at this ghāt is the charan - paduka , a marble slab set into the ground , and carved with the figures of two footprints on which mystic signs are engraved . Almost every saint or divinity in Hinduism is supposed to have left ...
Contents
IN THE VEDIC TIMES | 1 |
The Kāsis 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 Brahmā Brahmanas Brahmin brass British brocades Buddha Buddhist built burning ghāt Calcutta carved caste century ceremonies Chźt Singh copper Dasāsamedh Ghāt Deer-park deity devotees divine doctrines Durgā earth European funeral pyres Ganźsha Ganges ghāt goddess gods Hastings heaven Hinduism Hiuen Thsang holy hymns idol India Indian Ishwara Jain Kālī Kāsis Khandawa Krishna Kshatriya Madhu Das's Gardens Mahābhārata Mahādeva Manikarnika mantras Manu Mogul monasteries mosque Muhammadan northern India palace Panch-kōsi Panchganga Pāndava performed philosophy pilgrimage pilgrims Pitris popular priests Raja Rāma Rāmāyana Ramnagar religion religious representing Rig-Veda rites ritual river sacrifice Sadhus sandhya sannyāsin Sanskrit saris Sarnath sculpture sect Shiva shrines silk Sītā 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