Benares, the Sacred City: Sketches of Hindu Life and ReligionW. Thacker, 1912 - 226 pages |
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... some extent , traced and mapped out with exact dates and events , the history of Brahminism must always be regarded from a different stand - point . Of the antiquity of Benares there can hardly be any 1 IN THE VEDIC TIMES- Page.
... some extent , traced and mapped out with exact dates and events , the history of Brahminism must always be regarded from a different stand - point . Of the antiquity of Benares there can hardly be any 1 IN THE VEDIC TIMES- Page.
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... regarded as the universe , and her Kālī in this 113 is without substance and Kālī in this aspect , there- benignant mother of the " darkness " , name means or " chaos " . But , like Shiva , she has a destructive aspect , in which her ...
... regarded as the universe , and her Kālī in this 113 is without substance and Kālī in this aspect , there- benignant mother of the " darkness " , name means or " chaos " . But , like Shiva , she has a destructive aspect , in which her ...
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... regarded , living or dead , with all the veneration due to a divine being . The houses in Benares where sannyāsin have died are pointed out as if the sanctity of a temple belonged to them . According to Manu , the life of a Brahmin is ...
... regarded , living or dead , with all the veneration due to a divine being . The houses in Benares where sannyāsin have died are pointed out as if the sanctity of a temple belonged to them . According to Manu , the life of a Brahmin is ...
Contents
IN THE VEDIC TIMES | 1 |
The Kāsis The Vedic hymns The Upanishads | 9 |
THE HINDU EPICSHEROWORSHIP | 17 |
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