Benares, the Sacred City: Sketches of Hindu Life and ReligionW. Thacker, 1912 - 226 pages |
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Page 45
... figures with good or bad signs " . other stupa close by marked the place where the five disciples sat in meditation in the Isapattana Deer - park , when they reached it after their desertion of Buddha in the Vind- hyan mountains . Hiuen ...
... figures with good or bad signs " . other stupa close by marked the place where the five disciples sat in meditation in the Isapattana Deer - park , when they reached it after their desertion of Buddha in the Vind- hyan mountains . Hiuen ...
Page 125
... figures of Bhīma , one of the Pāndava brothers in the Mahābhārata , stretched full length on the ground . The story which explains why Bhīma is worshipped for the last five days of the month of Kartik is as follows : -Bhīma was a man of ...
... figures of Bhīma , one of the Pāndava brothers in the Mahābhārata , stretched full length on the ground . The story which explains why Bhīma is worshipped for the last five days of the month of Kartik is as follows : -Bhīma was a man of ...
Page 137
... figures of clay and directing the ceremonies . Devout widows , their saris stamped with sacred texts , will pause on their way home to watch them and sprinkle flowers and Ganges water upon the charmed circle . Others are making ...
... figures of clay and directing the ceremonies . Devout widows , their saris stamped with sacred texts , will pause on their way home to watch them and sprinkle flowers and Ganges water upon the charmed circle . Others are making ...
Contents
IN THE VEDIC TIMES | 1 |
The Kāsis 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 Brahmā Brahmanas Brahmin brass British brocades Buddha Buddhist built burning ghāt Calcutta carved caste century ceremonies Chźt Singh copper Dasāsamedh Ghāt Deer-park deity devotees divine doctrines Durgā earth European funeral pyres Ganźsha Ganges ghāt goddess gods Hastings heaven Hinduism Hiuen Thsang holy hymns idol India Indian Ishwara Jain Kālī Kāsis Khandawa Krishna Kshatriya Madhu Das's Gardens Mahābhārata Mahādeva Manikarnika mantras Manu Mogul monasteries mosque Muhammadan northern India palace Panch-kōsi Panchganga Pāndava performed philosophy pilgrimage pilgrims Pitris popular priests Raja Rāma Rāmāyana Ramnagar religion religious representing Rig-Veda rites ritual river sacrifice Sadhus sandhya sannyāsin Sanskrit saris Sarnath sculpture sect Shiva shrines silk Sītā 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