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EARLY WORSHIP Dyaus - pitar , as Heavenly Father , and Prithivi , the earth , as
Mother ; Varuna , the all - embracing firmament , the upholder of heaven and
earth , king of gods and men , who made the sun and moon to shine , whose
breath ...
EARLY WORSHIP Dyaus - pitar , as Heavenly Father , and Prithivi , the earth , as
Mother ; Varuna , the all - embracing firmament , the upholder of heaven and
earth , king of gods and men , who made the sun and moon to shine , whose
breath ...
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... Gîta to the influence of early Christian converts , and to intellectual intercourse
between India and the schools of Alexandria . Max Müller and other Sanskrit
authorities reject this theory . However this may be , the Bhagavat Gîta is now by
far ...
... Gîta to the influence of early Christian converts , and to intellectual intercourse
between India and the schools of Alexandria . Max Müller and other Sanskrit
authorities reject this theory . However this may be , the Bhagavat Gîta is now by
far ...
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CHAUKI AND BURNING GHÂTS 119 Surr re and these stones , together with
some fine figure - sculptures let into the upright face of the platform which
surrounds the tree , are probably relics of the early Buddhist period . The pippal (
ficus ...
CHAUKI AND BURNING GHÂTS 119 Surr re and these stones , together with
some fine figure - sculptures let into the upright face of the platform which
surrounds the tree , are probably relics of the early Buddhist period . The pippal (
ficus ...
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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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