Benares, the Sacred City: Sketches of Hindu Life and ReligionW. Thacker, 1912 - 226 pages |
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... offerings , the golden marigolds and rose - petals which are piled in baskets on the ghāt steps , and float on the surface of the water . But this is not the simple nature - worship of the early Aryan patriarchs , who three thousand ...
... offerings , the golden marigolds and rose - petals which are piled in baskets on the ghāt steps , and float on the surface of the water . But this is not the simple nature - worship of the early Aryan patriarchs , who three thousand ...
Page 197
... offerings , the food presented to the spirit ( consisting of barley or rice - flour , mixed with sesamum flour , sugar , and honey ) , and by the recitation of appropriate mantras . The first day's ceremony furnishes the spirit with a ...
... offerings , the food presented to the spirit ( consisting of barley or rice - flour , mixed with sesamum flour , sugar , and honey ) , and by the recitation of appropriate mantras . The first day's ceremony furnishes the spirit with a ...
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... offerings . About the beginning of the last century the jealousy between the rival religionists led to an outbreak in which the lāt was thrown down and broken to pieces . The circumstances which caused the disturbance are such a ...
... offerings . About the beginning of the last century the jealousy between the rival religionists led to an outbreak in which the lāt was thrown down and broken to pieces . The circumstances which caused the disturbance are such a ...
Contents
IN THE VEDIC TIMES | 1 |
The Kāsis The Vedic hymns The Upanishads | 9 |
THE HINDU EPICSHEROWORSHIP | 17 |
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Benares, the Sacred City: Sketches of Hindu Life and Religion Ernest Binfield Havell No preview available - 2016 |
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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