Benares, the Sacred City: Sketches of Hindu Life and ReligionW. Thacker, 1912 - 226 pages |
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... tree -the tree of wisdom - under which their great leader obtained enlightenment . In popular imagination it is regarded as the Brahmin among trees . In southern India it is sometimes invested with the sacred cord of the Brahmins , and ...
... tree -the tree of wisdom - under which their great leader obtained enlightenment . In popular imagination it is regarded as the Brahmin among trees . In southern India it is sometimes invested with the sacred cord of the Brahmins , and ...
Page 122
... trees within the northern enclosure of the old fort , proclaim- ing the presence of some Hindu ascetics . This is a math , or monastery , inhabited by some fifteen or twenty followers of Kapila , the reputed founder of the Sankhya ...
... trees within the northern enclosure of the old fort , proclaim- ing the presence of some Hindu ascetics . This is a math , or monastery , inhabited by some fifteen or twenty followers of Kapila , the reputed founder of the Sankhya ...
Page 204
... trees and shrubs , and death and eternity with the evergreen cypress tree . About a mile to the west of Raj Ghat , at the junc- tion of the Ghazipur road with the Raj Ghat road , there are a large tank in a ruined state , called Kapil ...
... trees and shrubs , and death and eternity with the evergreen cypress tree . About a mile to the west of Raj Ghat , at the junc- tion of the Ghazipur road with the Raj Ghat road , there are a large tank in a ruined state , called Kapil ...
Contents
IN THE VEDIC TIMES | 1 |
The Kāsis The Vedic hymns The Upanishads | 9 |
THE HINDU EPICSHEROWORSHIP | 17 |
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