Benares, the Sacred City: Sketches of Hindu Life and ReligionW. Thacker, 1912 - 226 pages |
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... early Vedic hymns are redolent with the fragrance of a bright and genial spring - time , reflecting the joy of a simple , pastoral life in the golden age , when the children of men played with Mother Nature in her kindest moods , and ...
... early Vedic hymns are redolent with the fragrance of a bright and genial spring - time , reflecting the joy of a simple , pastoral life in the golden age , when the children of men played with Mother Nature in her kindest moods , and ...
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... early Christian converts , and to intellectual intercourse between India and the schools of Alex- andria . Max Müller and other Sanskrit authorities reject this theory . However this may be , the Bha- gavat Gīta is now by far the most ...
... early Christian converts , and to intellectual intercourse between India and the schools of Alex- andria . Max Müller and other Sanskrit authorities reject this theory . However this may be , the Bha- gavat Gīta is now by far the most ...
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... early Buddhist period . The pippal ( ficus religiosa ) has been associated with the religious ceremonies of the Hindus from the earliest Vedic times . Its wood was used in the making of the drill which produced the sacred fire of Agni ...
... early Buddhist period . The pippal ( ficus religiosa ) has been associated with the religious ceremonies of the Hindus from the earliest Vedic times . Its wood was used in the making of the drill which produced the sacred fire of Agni ...
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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