Benares, the Sacred City: Sketches of Hindu Life and ReligionW. Thacker, 1912 - 226 pages |
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... thousand years before recited their odes to Ushas , Surya , and Agni , lighted the sacred fire , and pressed the ... thousands in the shrines along the ghāts . And , truly , the whole scene presents a wonderful picture of the Hindu ...
... thousand years before recited their odes to Ushas , Surya , and Agni , lighted the sacred fire , and pressed the ... thousands in the shrines along the ghāts . And , truly , the whole scene presents a wonderful picture of the Hindu ...
Page 99
... thousands of years . Then with mind and body thus prepared , fold- ing his yellow robe about him , he will sit like a living Buddha motionless on the edge of the sacred river , with closed eyes and an expression of profound tran ...
... thousands of years . Then with mind and body thus prepared , fold- ing his yellow robe about him , he will sit like a living Buddha motionless on the edge of the sacred river , with closed eyes and an expression of profound tran ...
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... thousand eyes , and carries a thousand quivers full of arrows of destruction . THE GHATS . CHAPTER VII ASI - SANGAM TO NEPĀLI.
... thousand eyes , and carries a thousand quivers full of arrows of destruction . THE GHATS . CHAPTER VII ASI - SANGAM TO NEPĀLI.
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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