Benares, the Sacred City: Sketches of Hindu Life and ReligionW. Thacker, 1912 - 226 pages |
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Page 56
... rule of absolute nudity , a rule which afterwards led to the two great divisions of the Jain sect being named the Svêtâmbaras , " the white clothed " , and the Digambaras , " the un- clothed " . The name of the Jains is derived from the ...
... rule of absolute nudity , a rule which afterwards led to the two great divisions of the Jain sect being named the Svêtâmbaras , " the white clothed " , and the Digambaras , " the un- clothed " . The name of the Jains is derived from the ...
Page 76
... 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 Aurangzîb in the seventeenth century levelled the temples to the ground and caused ...
... 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 Aurangzîb in the seventeenth century levelled the temples to the ground and caused ...
Page 103
... rule of cremation of the dead . A sannyasi , the Brahmin who , after passing through the stages of studentship and householdership , has renounced a worldly life and entered upon the strict ascetic rule of his religion , is thereby ...
... rule of cremation of the dead . A sannyasi , the Brahmin who , after passing through the stages of studentship and householdership , has renounced a worldly life and entered upon the strict ascetic rule of his religion , is thereby ...
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