Benares, the Sacred City: Sketches of Hindu Life and ReligionW. Thacker, 1912 - 226 pages |
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... VILLAGE DEITY for sale in the village . Another roadside shrine farther on con- tains a rude carving of an ancient village deity , hardly higher in the artistic scale than the fetish of a South Sea savage . Beyond this a row of magni ...
... VILLAGE DEITY for sale in the village . Another roadside shrine farther on con- tains a rude carving of an ancient village deity , hardly higher in the artistic scale than the fetish of a South Sea savage . Beyond this a row of magni ...
Page 191
... village life , and not in the life of the crowded cities , that Hinduism is seen at its best . The organiza- tion of the village communities , dating back from the THE TEMPLE AND TANK AT KHANDAWA earliest Aryan settlements , has still ...
... village life , and not in the life of the crowded cities , that Hinduism is seen at its best . The organiza- tion of the village communities , dating back from the THE TEMPLE AND TANK AT KHANDAWA earliest Aryan settlements , has still ...
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... village schoolmaster , and the accountant who acts as finance minister for these miniature republics . They are paid ... village , so that its inhabitants might know the time of day . It is hung up inside the shrine over the phallic ...
... village schoolmaster , and the accountant who acts as finance minister for these miniature republics . They are paid ... village , so that its inhabitants might know the time of day . It is hung up inside the shrine over the phallic ...
Contents
IN THE VEDIC TIMES | 1 |
The Kāsis The Vedic hymns The Upanishads | 9 |
THE HINDU EPICSHEROWORSHIP | 17 |
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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