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Page 87
DANCING - GIRLS furniture and crystal chandeliers . Unlike the dancinggirls of
southern India , they are not attached to any particular temple , or “ married to the
god ” , but at special festivals or religious ceremonies they are engaged to chant
...
DANCING - GIRLS furniture and crystal chandeliers . Unlike the dancinggirls of
southern India , they are not attached to any particular temple , or “ married to the
god ” , but at special festivals or religious ceremonies they are engaged to chant
...
Page 99
BATHING AND ABLUTIONS 99 even the order and sequence of each ceremonial
act , have their proper mystical significance . A wrong ... Hence the intense
earnestness and absorption with which the bathers go through these ceremonies
.
BATHING AND ABLUTIONS 99 even the order and sequence of each ceremonial
act , have their proper mystical significance . A wrong ... Hence the intense
earnestness and absorption with which the bathers go through these ceremonies
.
Page 100
Others , again , are there in fulfilment of a vow , or to cleanse themselves by
bathing from some ceremonial pollution . ... The water is taken : in brass and
copper vessels for use in the endless ceremonies of the household , for
sprinkling on holy ...
Others , again , are there in fulfilment of a vow , or to cleanse themselves by
bathing from some ceremonial pollution . ... The water is taken : in brass and
copper vessels for use in the endless ceremonies of the household , for
sprinkling on holy ...
Page 104
It would be impossible to describe , or even to enumerate , all the rites and
ceremonies which can be observed along the ghâts , changing according to the
day , the month , or the occasion of the numerous - Hindu festivals . The most
beautiful ...
It would be impossible to describe , or even to enumerate , all the rites and
ceremonies which can be observed along the ghâts , changing according to the
day , the month , or the occasion of the numerous - Hindu festivals . The most
beautiful ...
Page 109
Such is the quaint legend by which the Brahmins account for this ghất being
reckoned among the five places to be visited in the Panch - tirth , which is one of
the religious ceremonies to be performed by Hindus who come to Benares .
Such is the quaint legend by which the Brahmins account for this ghất being
reckoned among the five places to be visited in the Panch - tirth , which is one of
the religious ceremonies to be performed by Hindus who come to Benares .
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Page 40 - I am now going to the city of Benares to establish the kingdom of righteousness, to give light to those enshrouded in darkness, and to open the gate of immortality to men.
Page 10 - Those offerings of clarified butter, sour milk, whey, and curds, which thou madest in the waters, with them thou hast begotten me. I am the blessing (benediction) : make use of me at the sacrifice! If thou wilt make use of me at the sacrifice, thou wilt become rich in offspring and cattle. Whatever blessing thou shalt invoke through me, all that shall be granted to thee!
Page 12 - ... Nachiketa would not be denied. "Thou sayest, O Death, that even the gods were once puzzled by this mystery, and that it is not easy to understand. Surely there is no teacher better able to explain it than thou — and there is no other boon equal to this." To which, trying Nachiketa again, the god replied: "Ask for sons and grandsons who shall live a hundred years. Ask for cattle, elephants, horses, gold. Choose for thyself a mighty kingdom. Or if thou canst imagine aught better, ask for that...
Page 3 - He knows the path of birds that fly through heaven, and, sovran of the sea, He knows the ships that are thereon. 8. True to his holy law, he knows the twelve moons with their progeny : He knows the moon of later birth.
Page 20 - The ears of a Sudra who listens, intentionally, when the Veda is being recited are to be filled with molten lead. His tongue is to be cut out if he recite it. His body is to be split in twain if he preserve it in his memory.
Page 57 - And of the sacrifice performed by the master who has understood these truths, the soul is the performer; the heart, the seat of the sacrificial fire; sensual desires, the ghee; anger, the sacrificial lamb; contemplation, fire; the period of sacrifice, as long as life...
Page 29 - The almost illiterate oil-manufacturer or confectioner of Bengal spells out some modern translation of the Maha-bharata to while away his leisure hour. The tall and stalwart peasantry of the North-West know of the five Pandav brothers, and of their friend the righteous Krishna. The people of Bombay and Madras cherish with equal ardour the story of the righteous war. And even the traditions and tales interspersed in the Epic, and which spoil the work as an Epic, have themselves a charm...
Page 29 - Then the earth was rent and parted, and a golden throne arose, Held aloft by jewelled Nagas as the leaves enfold the rose, And the Mother in embraces held her spotless sinless Child, Saintly Janak's saintly daughter, pure and true and undefiled, Gods and men proclaim her virtue! But fair Sita is no more, Lone is Rama's loveless bosom and his days of bliss are o'er!
Page 45 - altogether as bright as jade. It is glistening, and sparkles like light; and all those who pray fervently before it see from time to time, according to their petitions, figures with good or bad signs.
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| Title | Benares, the Sacred City: Sketches of Hindu Life and Religion Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Mapping the World: Maps and Travel Literature |
| Author | Ernest Binfield Havell |
| Edition | 2 |
| Publisher | Blackie & Son, limited, 1905 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 12 Jul 2005 |
| Length | 226 pages |
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