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 ghât 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 ghât 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 Kâsis 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 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