Religious Thought and Life in India: An Account of the Religions of the Indian Peoples, Based on a Life's Study of Their Literature and on Personal Investigations in Their Own Country, Part 1 |
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... supposed , however , that my sympathy with the natives of our great Dependency has led me to gloss over what is false , impure , and utterly deplor- able in their religious systems . The most cursory perusal of the following pages will ...
... supposed , however , that my sympathy with the natives of our great Dependency has led me to gloss over what is false , impure , and utterly deplor- able in their religious systems . The most cursory perusal of the following pages will ...
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... supposed to guide the spirits of other men who die to the world of spirits . Sometimes Death is said to be his messenger , he himself dwelling in celestial light , to which the departed are brought , and where they enjoy his society and ...
... supposed to guide the spirits of other men who die to the world of spirits . Sometimes Death is said to be his messenger , he himself dwelling in celestial light , to which the departed are brought , and where they enjoy his society and ...
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... supposed to confer health and immortality , and held to be the vital sap which vivified the world . Hence its juice became an important ingredient at every sacrifice , and was the subject of constant laudation in numerous Vedic hymns ...
... supposed to confer health and immortality , and held to be the vital sap which vivified the world . Hence its juice became an important ingredient at every sacrifice , and was the subject of constant laudation in numerous Vedic hymns ...
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... supposed to be an au- thority . The doctrine of metempsychosis or transmigration of souls , which became an essential characteristic of Brāh- manism and Hinduism in later times , has no place in the religion of the Veda 2. Nor do the ...
... supposed to be an au- thority . The doctrine of metempsychosis or transmigration of souls , which became an essential characteristic of Brāh- manism and Hinduism in later times , has no place in the religion of the Veda 2. Nor do the ...
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... supposed to contain that portion of divine knowledge or revelation par- ticularly adapted to serve as a directory for the Brahmans in the conduct of the complicated sacrificial ceremonies . For if it was deemed necessary in the early ...
... supposed to contain that portion of divine knowledge or revelation par- ticularly adapted to serve as a directory for the Brahmans in the conduct of the complicated sacrificial ceremonies . For if it was deemed necessary in the early ...
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