Benares, the Sacred City: Sketches of Hindu Life and ReligionW. Thacker, 1912 - 226 pages |
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... universe . They forthwith proceeded to make war on the region of Indra , and vanquished the Rakshasas and every creature ranging the sky . Next they slew the Nāgas , the inmates of the ocean , and all the tribes of the Mlechchas.1 Fin ...
... universe . They forthwith proceeded to make war on the region of Indra , and vanquished the Rakshasas and every creature ranging the sky . Next they slew the Nāgas , the inmates of the ocean , and all the tribes of the Mlechchas.1 Fin ...
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... universe had resolved themselves into definite shape as the six schools or darsanas of philosophy , all taking for their foundation the axiom that ex nihilo nihil fit , and all directed to one end - the cessation of the cycle of re ...
... universe had resolved themselves into definite shape as the six schools or darsanas of philosophy , all taking for their foundation the axiom that ex nihilo nihil fit , and all directed to one end - the cessation of the cycle of re ...
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... universe . In popular Hinduism the saktis are regarded as the wives of the Trimurti . The sakti of Brahmā is deified as Saraswati , the goddess of learning and wisdom ; the sakti of Vishnu is Lakshmi , the goddess of prosperity ; and ...
... universe . In popular Hinduism the saktis are regarded as the wives of the Trimurti . The sakti of Brahmā is deified as Saraswati , the goddess of learning and wisdom ; the sakti of Vishnu is Lakshmi , the goddess of prosperity ; and ...
Contents
IN THE VEDIC TIMES | 1 |
The Kāsis The Vedic hymns The Upanishads | 9 |
THE HINDU EPICSHEROWORSHIP | 17 |
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