The Rites of the Twice-bornH. Milford, 1920 - 474 páginas |
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Agni amongst areca-nut ascetic astrologer auspicious mark avatāra balls bathe birth body Brahmā Brahmans bride bridegroom called caste ceremony child clarified butter cloth coco-nut cooked darbha-grass dark half dead death evil fast father festival finger fire five fivefold flowers forehead four friends Gaṇeśa girl give given goddess gods gold grain Gujarāt Hanuman Hindu Hinduism holy husband idol India inner shrine Karma Kāṭhiāwār ladies lamp linga loin-cloth mantras marriage married milk monsoon month morning mother Nāgara never night offered officiant ordinary Paramatman Pārvatī performed poured preta priest Rāma repeated rice rite ritual river round Ruling Chief rupees sacred thread sandal-wood sārī sesamum Śiva sometimes sprinkled Śrāddha stool sūtaka temple things throws turmeric Twice-born Vaiṣṇava vessel Viṣṇu washed wear wedding whilst widow wife woman women worship writer Yama
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Página 443 - Verily I say unto you, There is no man that hath left house, or parents, or brethren, or wife, or children, for the kingdom of God's sake, Who shall not receive manifold more in this present time, and in the world to come life everlasting.
Página 450 - But I know that my redeemer liveth, And that he shall stand up at the last upon the earth : And after my skin hath been thus destroyed, Yet from my flesh shall I see God : Whom I shall see for myself, And mine eyes shall behold, and not another.
Página 442 - A Brahmana, coming into existence, is born as the highest on earth, the lord of all created beings, for the protection of the treasury of the law. Whatever exists in the world is the property of the Brahmana; on account of the excellence of his origin the Brahmana is, indeed, entitled to it all.
Página 440 - Their dress (shall be) the garments of the dead, (they shall eat) their food from broken dishes, black iron (shall be) their ornaments, and they must always wander from place to place.
Página iv - ... family system, the real impact of the faith upon the life of the individual and the community cannot be estimated ; and, without the advantage of extended personal intercourse, a trustworthy account of the religious experience of a community can scarcely be achieved by even the most careful student. II. They seek to set each form of Indian religion by the side of Christianity in such a way that the relationship may stand out clear. Jesus Christ has become to them the light of all their seeing,...
Página 354 - the astrologer shows what spot in the foundation is exactly above the head of the snake that supports the world. The mason fashions a little wooden peg from the wood of the khadira tree, and with a coconut drives the peg into the ground at this particular spot, in such a way as to peg the head of the snake securely down ... if this snake should ever shake the world to pieces.
Página 442 - No collection of wealth must be made by a Sudra, even though he be able (to do it); for a Sudra who has acquired wealth, gives pain to Brahmanas.
Página 433 - ... The priests of Greece ministered in splendid temples and had their fill of wealth and honours, but men who sought the secret of a good life found that this was not the business of the sanctuary, and turned away to the philosophers. Unless a religion can hold its place in the front of science and of morals, it may only gradually, in the course of ages, lose its place in the nation, but all the power of statecraft and all the wealth of the temples will not save it from eventually yielding to a...
Página 131 - She who shows disrespect to a husband who is addicted to some evil passion, is a drunkard, or diseased, shall be deserted for three months, and be deprived of her ornaments and furniture.
Página 435 - A wife, a son, a slave, a pupil, and a (younger) brother of the full blood, who have committed faults, may be beaten with a rope or a split bamboo, 300.