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The caste system had become firmly established , and the Brahmins had
assumed extravagant pretensions to spiritual superiority , but the creed of the
lower classes had been raised to a distinctly higher plane by the doctrines of the
Bhagavat ...
The caste system had become firmly established , and the Brahmins had
assumed extravagant pretensions to spiritual superiority , but the creed of the
lower classes had been raised to a distinctly higher plane by the doctrines of the
Bhagavat ...
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mystic formula , prescribed for them by their Brahmin gurus , acting as their
spiritual physicians . Others , again , are there in fulfilment of a vow , or to cleanse
themselves by bathing from some ceremonial pollution . High - caste and low -
caste ...
mystic formula , prescribed for them by their Brahmin gurus , acting as their
spiritual physicians . Others , again , are there in fulfilment of a vow , or to cleanse
themselves by bathing from some ceremonial pollution . High - caste and low -
caste ...
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CHAPTER X THE PANCH - TIRTH AND THE PILGRIMAGE OF THE PANCHKÔSI
ROAD — THE PILGRIMAGE OF THE SOUL One of the spiritual aids which
Benares is supposed to afford to Hindus is that it contains within its limits various
...
CHAPTER X THE PANCH - TIRTH AND THE PILGRIMAGE OF THE PANCHKÔSI
ROAD — THE PILGRIMAGE OF THE SOUL One of the spiritual aids which
Benares is supposed to afford to Hindus is that it contains within its limits various
...
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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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