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 Bhîma , one of the Pândava brothers in the Mahâbhârata , stretched full length on the ground . The story which explains why Bhîma is worshipped for the last five days of the month of Kartik is as follows : -Bhîma was a man of ...
... figures of Bhîma , one of the Pândava brothers in the Mahâbhârata , stretched full length on the ground . The story which explains why Bhîma is worshipped for the last five days of the month of Kartik is as follows : -Bhîma 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 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