Modern Hinduism: Being an Account of the Religion and Life of the Hindus in Northern IndiaUnwin, 1887 - 494 páginas |
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amongst ascetic Asura bathe believed Benares Bengal birth blessed body born Brahmans Buddhist Calcutta called caste ceremony Chaitanya chief Christian classes common daughters declared deity descendants disciples divine Durga duties earth evil faith father favour feast feet festival Gaya gifts give given goddess gods guru hand heaven Hindu Hinduism holy honour husband idol incarnations India Jagannatha Jatra Kāli Kayasthas king Krishna Kshatriya Kulin Lakshmi live Mahabharata mantras Manu marriage married mother obtain offerings Orissa performed pilgrimage pilgrims prayers present priests Puja Purana Puri Purusha Sukta Rāmānuja Rāmāyana regarded religion religious respect rice rites river sacred sacrifice Samaj Sanskrit Sanyasi Sasthi Sastras Scriptures sect seen shrine sins Siva spirit story Sudra supposed supreme taught teaching temple texts Vaishnavas Vaisya Vedas Vishnu whilst widow wife woman women worship Yama
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Página 421 - What the horns are to the buffalo, what the paw is to the tiger, what the sting is to the bee, what beauty, according to the old Greek song, is to woman, deceit is to the Bengalee. Large promises, smooth excuses, elaborate tissues of circumstantial falsehood, chicanery, perjury, forgery, are the weapons, offensive and defensive, of the people of the Lower Ganges.
Página 124 - There is a generation that are pure in their own eyes, and yet is not washed from their filthiness.
Página 42 - I thank the goodness and the grace That on my birth have smiled, And made me in these Christian days A happy English child.
Página 107 - Brahmins was contrary to the practice of their ancestors, and the principles of the ancient books and authorities which they profess to revere and obey.
Página 20 - THE TREASURE BOOK OF CONSOLATION : For all in Sorrow or Suffering. Compiled and Edited by BENJAMIN ORME, MA, Editor of "The Treasure Book of Devotional Reading.
Página 108 - ... for the worship and adoration of the Eternal Unsearchable and Immutable Being who is the Author and Preserver of the Universe but not under or by any other name designation or title peculiarly used for and applied to any particular Being or Beings by any man or set of men whatsoever...
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Página 7 - Critical, in the best sense of the word. Unlike many treatises on the subject, this is a sober and reverent investigation, and abounds in a careful and instructive exegesis of every passage bearing upon it.
Página 13 - A book of the seasons, each page of which should be written in its own season and outof-doors, or in its own locality, wherever it may be." HENRY IRVING: in England and America, 1838-1884. By FREDERIC DALY. With a Vignette Portrait, specially etched from a Private Photograph taken by SA WALKER, by AD. LALAUZE ; printed on hand-made paper by M. SALMON, of Paris. Second thousand. Crown 8vo., cloth extra o '
Página 21 - ... wife, a son, and a slave, are declared by law to have (in general) no wealth exclusively their own; the wealth which they may earn is (regularly) acquired for the man to whom they belong.