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But it would not be wise to attach too much significance to this deterioration , and
to assume that less devotion to signs and symbols implies a giving way of the
foundations of Hindu beliefs . Idolatry and symbolic ritual were never regarded as
...
But it would not be wise to attach too much significance to this deterioration , and
to assume that less devotion to signs and symbols implies a giving way of the
foundations of Hindu beliefs . Idolatry and symbolic ritual were never regarded as
...
Page 122
The spacious courtyard is bright with marigolds , and under the shade of some
fine old fruit - trees the monks pass their time in quiet devotion . They will give
visitors a friendly greeting , offering a handful of cardamoms , with excuses for
their ...
The spacious courtyard is bright with marigolds , and under the shade of some
fine old fruit - trees the monks pass their time in quiet devotion . They will give
visitors a friendly greeting , offering a handful of cardamoms , with excuses for
their ...
Page 138
Another object of devotion at this ghất is the charan - pādukā , 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 ...
Another object of devotion at this ghất is the charan - pādukā , 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 ...
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Contents
IN THE VEDIC TIMES | 1 |
THE HINDU EPICSHEROWORSHIP | 17 |
THE ADVENT OF BUDDHASARNATH AND | 32 |
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| Title | Benares, the Sacred City: Sketches of Hindu Life and Religion |
| Author | Ernest Binfield Havell |
| Edition | 2 |
| Publisher | W. Thacker, 1912 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 3 Sep 2008 |
| Length | 226 pages |
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