Benares, the Sacred City: Sketches of Hindu Life and ReligionW. Thacker, 1912 - 226 pages |
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... sect founded by a teacher contemporary with Buddha , which still flourishes in northern India , and has many noble shrines , ancient and modern . It is only within recent years that the history of this sect has been made clear to ...
... sect founded by a teacher contemporary with Buddha , which still flourishes in northern India , and has many noble shrines , ancient and modern . It is only within recent years that the history of this sect has been made clear to ...
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... sect , gradu- ally disappeared from India and became merged in the various Vaishnavite sects which grew into prominence about the twelfth and thirteenth centuries . CHAPTER IV THE RISE OF MODERN HINDUISM As Benares never.
... sect , gradu- ally disappeared from India and became merged in the various Vaishnavite sects which grew into prominence about the twelfth and thirteenth centuries . CHAPTER IV THE RISE OF MODERN HINDUISM As Benares never.
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... sect of Hinduism . The Buddhist monasteries continued to exist at Sarnath , and elsewhere in India , until they were ... sects successively developed in which the worship of Vishnu and the idea of a personal God became more prominent ...
... sect of Hinduism . The Buddhist monasteries continued to exist at Sarnath , and elsewhere in India , until they were ... sects successively developed in which the worship of Vishnu and the idea of a personal God became more prominent ...
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