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Even of the Europeans who have seen Benares , few have any adequate
conception of the ideas and beliefs which many millions of our fellow - subjects
associate with it . Few , indeed , have either the time or the inclination to read
through the ...
Even of the Europeans who have seen Benares , few have any adequate
conception of the ideas and beliefs which many millions of our fellow - subjects
associate with it . Few , indeed , have either the time or the inclination to read
through the ...
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After the establishment of Muhammadan rule the popularity of the cult of Shiva ,
as expounded by Sankaracharya , diminished , and many new sects
successively developed in which the worship of Vishnu and the idea of a
personal God ...
After the establishment of Muhammadan rule the popularity of the cult of Shiva ,
as expounded by Sankaracharya , diminished , and many new sects
successively developed in which the worship of Vishnu and the idea of a
personal God ...
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The Hindu idea of the sacrificial purity of copper water - vessels is interesting in
view of a statement recently made in the ... element is brought into it , and when it
is out of touch with the religious ideas on which its whole foundation rests .
The Hindu idea of the sacrificial purity of copper water - vessels is interesting in
view of a statement recently made in the ... element is brought into it , and when it
is out of touch with the religious ideas on which its whole foundation rests .
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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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