Benares, the Sacred City: Sketches of Hindu Life and ReligionW. Thacker, 1912 - 226 pages |
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... story of the Flood -- Aryan ethics-- The story of Nachiketā · Page I CHAPTER II . THE HINDU EPICS - HERO - WORSHIP- Vasishtha and Vishwāmitra -- The caste system - The preser- vation of Sanskrit learning - The Mahābhārata and Rāmā- yana ...
... story of the Flood -- Aryan ethics-- The story of Nachiketā · Page I CHAPTER II . THE HINDU EPICS - HERO - WORSHIP- Vasishtha and Vishwāmitra -- The caste system - The preser- vation of Sanskrit learning - The Mahābhārata and Rāmā- yana ...
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... story describes Sītā's despair and sufferings in the demon king's palace , the wanderings of Rāma and Lakshman in search of her , and the discovery of her by the help of Hanuman , the monkey king of the Nilgiri mountains . With Hanuman ...
... story describes Sītā's despair and sufferings in the demon king's palace , the wanderings of Rāma and Lakshman in search of her , and the discovery of her by the help of Hanuman , the monkey king of the Nilgiri mountains . With Hanuman ...
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... story of their ancient epics . The Hindu scarcely lives , man or woman , high and low , educated or ignorant , whose earliest recollections do not cling round the story and the characters of the great epics . An almost illiterate oil ...
... story of their ancient epics . The Hindu scarcely lives , man or woman , high and low , educated or ignorant , whose earliest recollections do not cling round the story and the characters of the great epics . An almost illiterate oil ...
Contents
IN THE VEDIC TIMES | 1 |
The Kāsis The Vedic hymns The Upanishads | 9 |
THE HINDU EPICSHEROWORSHIP | 17 |
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