Benares, the Sacred City: Sketches of Hindu Life and ReligionW. Thacker, 1912 - 226 pages |
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... round Benares now ; the better ones might have been partly of brick or stone , plastered over and decorated with paintings in fresco , the most ancient form of pictorial art , such as the oldest Buddhist records describe . It was an ...
... round Benares now ; the better ones might have been partly of brick or stone , plastered over and decorated with paintings in fresco , the most ancient form of pictorial art , such as the oldest Buddhist records describe . It was an ...
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... round the city , the centre being the Manikarnika well , the first place of pilgrimage , and the radius a distance of five kôs , or about ten miles . The sacrificial virtue of Shiva's city is no doubt enhanced by the circumstance that ...
... round the city , the centre being the Manikarnika well , the first place of pilgrimage , and the radius a distance of five kôs , or about ten miles . The sacrificial virtue of Shiva's city is no doubt enhanced by the circumstance that ...
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... round the quadrangle --Hanuman , Ganêsha , and Surya . A gaunt and wild - looking old man , nearly naked and tottering with fatigue , crawls into the temple ANNAPURNA TEMPLE 175 quadrangle and round it many times , 174 BENARES , THE ...
... round the quadrangle --Hanuman , Ganêsha , and Surya . A gaunt and wild - looking old man , nearly naked and tottering with fatigue , crawls into the temple ANNAPURNA TEMPLE 175 quadrangle and round it many times , 174 BENARES , THE ...
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