Benares, the Sacred City: Sketches of Hindu Life and ReligionW. Thacker, 1912 - 226 pages |
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... existence , nor non - existence , The kingdom of air , nor the sky beyond . What was there to contain , to cover in— Was it but vast , unfathomed depths of water ? There was no Death there , nor Immortality . No sun was there , dividing ...
... existence , nor non - existence , The kingdom of air , nor the sky beyond . What was there to contain , to cover in— Was it but vast , unfathomed depths of water ? There was no Death there , nor Immortality . No sun was there , dividing ...
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... existence of the soul , which the Buddhists deny , and worship twenty - four saints , or Tirthankars , who have finished the cycles of human existences . Mahâvîra , their teacher , is considered the twenty- fourth . Jainism is the only ...
... existence of the soul , which the Buddhists deny , and worship twenty - four saints , or Tirthankars , who have finished the cycles of human existences . Mahâvîra , their teacher , is considered the twenty- fourth . Jainism is the only ...
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... existence and in the hereafter . At the first sight of the holy city they will salute it with shouts of " Jai ! Jai ! Kâ- sinath ! " ( " Hail ! Hail ! Lord of Kâsi ! " ) , the latter being the name of the southern quarter , which is ...
... existence and in the hereafter . At the first sight of the holy city they will salute it with shouts of " Jai ! Jai ! Kâ- sinath ! " ( " Hail ! Hail ! Lord of Kâsi ! " ) , the latter being the name of the southern quarter , which is ...
Contents
IN THE VEDIC TIMES | 1 |
The Kâsis The Vedic hymns The Upanishads | 9 |
THE HINDU EPICSHEROWORSHIP | 17 |
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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