Modern India and the Indians: Being a Series of Impressions, Notes, and EssaysTrübner and Company, 1879 - 365 страници |
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... Buddhism was to cause a rapid diminution of animal sacrifice . It is now rarely seen , except at the altars of the fierce goddess of de- struction ( Kāli ) , or of forms and near relations of Kālī ( such as the Grama - devatās , village ...
... Buddhism was to cause a rapid diminution of animal sacrifice . It is now rarely seen , except at the altars of the fierce goddess of de- struction ( Kāli ) , or of forms and near relations of Kālī ( such as the Grama - devatās , village ...
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... Buddhists of Bhotan . And truly among the interesting contrasts which every- where meet the eye of an observant European traveller , when he first arrives at Bombay , may especially be noted the different methods adopted by the ...
... Buddhists of Bhotan . And truly among the interesting contrasts which every- where meet the eye of an observant European traveller , when he first arrives at Bombay , may especially be noted the different methods adopted by the ...
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... Buddhist monument - now used as a temple - a substitute for the original figure of Buddha ( carried off by the Burmese about a hundred years ago ) has been placed , for the sake of the Buddhist pilgrims who come to repeat prayers and ...
... Buddhist monument - now used as a temple - a substitute for the original figure of Buddha ( carried off by the Burmese about a hundred years ago ) has been placed , for the sake of the Buddhist pilgrims who come to repeat prayers and ...
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... Buddhists long before the Christian era . Indeed , the Indian name for a rosary well expresses its meaning and use even in Roman Catholic countries . It is called in Sanskrit japa - mālā , ' muttering- chaplet ' ( and sometimes smaraṇī ...
... Buddhists long before the Christian era . Indeed , the Indian name for a rosary well expresses its meaning and use even in Roman Catholic countries . It is called in Sanskrit japa - mālā , ' muttering- chaplet ' ( and sometimes smaraṇī ...
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... Buddhists , Jains , and Muhammadans depend upon these contrivances for securing the accurate discharge of their daily round of interminable repetitions . The rosary of a Vaishnava is made of the wood of the Tulasi ( vulgarly Tulsi ) ...
... Buddhists , Jains , and Muhammadans depend upon these contrivances for securing the accurate discharge of their daily round of interminable repetitions . The rosary of a Vaishnava is made of the wood of the Tulasi ( vulgarly Tulsi ) ...
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