The Rites of the Twice-bornH. Milford, 1920 - 474 pages |
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actual allowed amongst arranged asked auspicious balls bathe begin birth body Brahmans bride bridegroom called caste ceremony child clarified butter cloth coco-nut completed cooked dead death evil eyes face father finger fire five flowers follows four friends girl give given goddess gods goes gold grain half hand head Hindu holding holy hundred husband India keep lamp leaves linga live look mantras mark marriage married milk month morning mother never night observe offered officiant once ordinary passed performed poured present priest repeated represent rice rite river round rule sacred seven shrine Śiva sometimes Śrāddha stand taken temple things thread throws touch vessel washed wear wedding whilst whole wife woman women worship writer young
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Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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,...
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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...
Page 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.
Page 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.
Bibliographic information
| Title | The Rites of the Twice-born Religious Quest of India, ed. by J.N. Farquhar and H.D. Griswold Religious quest of India |
| Author | Mrs. Sinclair Stevenson |
| Publisher | H. Milford, 1920 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 17 Feb 2006 |
| Length | 474 pages |
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