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Page 56
He imposed upon his followers the rule of absolute nudity , a rule which
afterwards led to the two great divisions of the Jain sect being named the
Svźtāmbaras , “ the white clothed ” , and the Digambaras , “ the unclothed ” . The
name of the ...
He imposed upon his followers the rule of absolute nudity , a rule which
afterwards led to the two great divisions of the Jain sect being named the
Svźtāmbaras , “ the white clothed ” , and the Digambaras , “ the unclothed ” . The
name of the ...
Page 76
During the tolerant rule of Akbar and of the earlier Mogul emperors , the city may
have recovered some of the splendour which it had in the palmy days of Hindu
rule , but Aurangzīb in the seventeenth century levelled the temples to the ground
...
During the tolerant rule of Akbar and of the earlier Mogul emperors , the city may
have recovered some of the splendour which it had in the palmy days of Hindu
rule , but Aurangzīb in the seventeenth century levelled the temples to the ground
...
Page 103
There are two exceptions to the ordinary rule of cremation of the dead . A
sannyāsī , the Brahmin who , after passing through the stages of studentship and
householdership , has renounced a worldly life and entered upon the strict
ascetic rule ...
There are two exceptions to the ordinary rule of cremation of the dead . A
sannyāsī , the Brahmin who , after passing through the stages of studentship and
householdership , has renounced a worldly life and entered upon the strict
ascetic rule ...
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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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