Benares, the Sacred City: Sketches of Hindu Life and ReligionW. Thacker, 1912 - 226 pages |
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... steps leading down to the bathing - ghāts , for the city is built on a high ridge about a hundred feet above the river . After the mon- soon floods have subsided , the base of these great pyramids of steps gets wider and wider , as the ...
... steps leading down to the bathing - ghāts , for the city is built on a high ridge about a hundred feet above the river . After the mon- soon floods have subsided , the base of these great pyramids of steps gets wider and wider , as the ...
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... steps , and float on the surface of the water . But this is not the simple nature - worship of the early Aryan patriarchs , who three thousand years before recited their odes to Ushas , Surya , and Agni , lighted the sacred fire , and ...
... steps , and float on the surface of the water . But this is not the simple nature - worship of the early Aryan patriarchs , who three thousand years before recited their odes to Ushas , Surya , and Agni , lighted the sacred fire , and ...
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... steps which lead up to the city from this point . Great blocks of picturesque buildings , flanking and overarching the steps , rise in tiers , one behind the other , until , at the summit of the high ridge which overlooks the river ...
... steps which lead up to the city from this point . Great blocks of picturesque buildings , flanking and overarching the steps , rise in tiers , one behind the other , until , at the summit of the high ridge which overlooks the river ...
Contents
IN THE VEDIC TIMES | 1 |
The Kāsis The Vedic hymns The Upanishads | 9 |
THE HINDU EPICSHEROWORSHIP | 17 |
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Benares, the Sacred City: Sketches of Hindu Life and Religion Ernest Binfield Havell No preview available - 2016 |
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Aghori ancient Annapurna architectural Aryan ascetic Asoka Barna bath bathers Benares Brahmā Brahmanas Brahmin brass British brocades Buddha Buddhist built burning ghāt Calcutta carved caste century ceremonies Chźt Singh copper Dasāsamedh Ghāt Deer-park deity devotees divine doctrines Durgā earth European funeral pyres Ganźsha Ganges ghāt goddess gods Hastings heaven Hinduism Hiuen Thsang holy hymns idol India Indian Ishwara Jain Kālī Kāsis Khandawa Krishna Kshatriya Madhu Das's Gardens Mahābhārata Mahādeva Manikarnika mantras Manu Mogul monasteries mosque Muhammadan northern India palace Panch-kōsi Panchganga Pāndava performed philosophy pilgrimage pilgrims Pitris popular priests Raja Rāma Rāmāyana Ramnagar religion religious representing Rig-Veda rites ritual river sacrifice Sadhus sandhya sannyāsin Sanskrit saris Sarnath sculpture sect Shiva shrines silk Sītā 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