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The nature of these sacrificial rites had gradually been corrupted from the simple
Aryan forms of offerings and prayers into a science of divine magic , practised
both by gods and men , through which it was believed that the whole creation ...
The nature of these sacrificial rites had gradually been corrupted from the simple
Aryan forms of offerings and prayers into a science of divine magic , practised
both by gods and men , through which it was believed that the whole creation ...
Page 138
Mahâdeva was so pleased with the compliment that his whole body shook with
delight , and an ornament called Manikarnika fell from his ear into the well . He
then declared that the well should henceforth be known by that name , and that it
...
Mahâdeva was so pleased with the compliment that his whole body shook with
delight , and an ornament called Manikarnika fell from his ear into the well . He
then declared that the well should henceforth be known by that name , and that it
...
Page 213
Warren Hastings does not overestimate the dangers of the situation to the whole
British empire in India when he adds : “ Such a stroke as that which I have
supposed would have been universally considered as decisive of the national
fate ...
Warren Hastings does not overestimate the dangers of the situation to the whole
British empire in India when he adds : “ Such a stroke as that which I have
supposed would have been universally considered as decisive of the national
fate ...
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Contents
IN THE VEDIC TIMES | 1 |
THE HINDU EPICSHEROWORSHIP | 17 |
THE ADVENT OF BUDDHASARNATH AND | 32 |
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| Title | Benares, the Sacred City: Sketches of Hindu Life and Religion |
| Author | Ernest Binfield Havell |
| Edition | 2 |
| Publisher | W. Thacker, 1912 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 3 Sep 2008 |
| Length | 226 pages |
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