The Progress of Religious Ideas: Through Successive Ages : in Three Volumes, Volume 1C. S. Francis & Company, 1855 |
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... common for men who had com- mitted crimes to retire into the forest for a certain number of months , or years , and undergo painful penances , to escape future punishment for their faults , and be restored to society with renovated ...
... common for men who had com- mitted crimes to retire into the forest for a certain number of months , or years , and undergo painful penances , to escape future punishment for their faults , and be restored to society with renovated ...
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... common is Maha Deva , the Great God . The sculptures represent him in many different ways ; but he may always be known by certain symbols that belong to him . He is sometimes painted red , sometimes silver - coloured : seated on a ...
... common is Maha Deva , the Great God . The sculptures represent him in many different ways ; but he may always be known by certain symbols that belong to him . He is sometimes painted red , sometimes silver - coloured : seated on a ...
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... common symbol of Siva , and is universally connected with his worship . To un- derstand the original intention of this custom , we should remember that Siva was not merely the reproducer of human forms ; he represented the Fructifying ...
... common symbol of Siva , and is universally connected with his worship . To un- derstand the original intention of this custom , we should remember that Siva was not merely the reproducer of human forms ; he represented the Fructifying ...
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... common assertion among Hindoos that " Brahma inscribes the destiny of every mortal on his scull , and the gods themselves cannot avert it . " However , man is not entirely a passive machine in the hands of fate . Various spiritual ...
... common assertion among Hindoos that " Brahma inscribes the destiny of every mortal on his scull , and the gods themselves cannot avert it . " However , man is not entirely a passive machine in the hands of fate . Various spiritual ...
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... common designation for all their Sacred Writings . The Vedas are written in Sanscrit , which means The Perfect ; it is likewise called Deva Nagara , or the Divine Language . Scholars pronounce it the most copious and excellent of all ...
... common designation for all their Sacred Writings . The Vedas are written in Sanscrit , which means The Perfect ; it is likewise called Deva Nagara , or the Divine Language . Scholars pronounce it the most copious and excellent of all ...
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