History of the Sect of Mahárájas, Or Vallabhácháryas, in Western India |
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... hand , and by popu- lar writers on the other . Their creed and customs are supposed by many to be not only of an immea- surable antiquity , but of a well - nigh unchangeable fixedness . The Orientalist , attracted by the singular ...
... hand , and by popu- lar writers on the other . Their creed and customs are supposed by many to be not only of an immea- surable antiquity , but of a well - nigh unchangeable fixedness . The Orientalist , attracted by the singular ...
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... hands to the fore- head . To the Ácháryas , or supreme teachers of this sect , the rest perform the Ashtanga Dandawat , or prostration of the body , with the application of eight parts the forehead , breast , hands , knees , and insteps ...
... hands to the fore- head . To the Ácháryas , or supreme teachers of this sect , the rest perform the Ashtanga Dandawat , or prostration of the body , with the application of eight parts the forehead , breast , hands , knees , and insteps ...
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... hand form of worship . The only observance that can be supposed to form an exception to the general character of this mode is the Bali , an offering of blood , in which rite a number of helpless animals , usually kids , are annually de ...
... hand form of worship . The only observance that can be supposed to form an exception to the general character of this mode is the Bali , an offering of blood , in which rite a number of helpless animals , usually kids , are annually de ...
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... hands of those whom they teach . It is merely perversion and excess that can be complained of . The source of the ... hand to hand for a consideration . There seems to exist an unlimited power on the part of the several Mahárájas to ...
... hands of those whom they teach . It is merely perversion and excess that can be complained of . The source of the ... hand to hand for a consideration . There seems to exist an unlimited power on the part of the several Mahárájas to ...
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... hands and bent heads , having propitiated Gaur , said , " O god- dess ! repeatedly we ask this boon of you , that the divine Krishn may be our husband . ' In this manner the cowherdesses continually bathed , and fasting the whole day ...
... hands and bent heads , having propitiated Gaur , said , " O god- dess ! repeatedly we ask this boon of you , that the divine Krishn may be our husband . ' In this manner the cowherdesses continually bathed , and fasting the whole day ...
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adulterine love adultery alleged libel amorous Banian believe Beyt Bháttiás Bháu Dáji Bombay Brahmans Braj called caste ceremonies character considered court of justice cowherdesses defendant deity devotees dhan divine Krishn Chand doctrines editor evidence females followers give Gokul gopis Gujaráti guru H. H. Wilson's Hari heard Hindu Hindu religion husband immoral incarnations India intercourse Jadunáthji Jivanji Maháráj Kali-yug Krishna Lakhmidás Khimji libel licentious Mahá Maháráj Mathurá mind moral occasion persons plaintiff plea practices preceptors priests Purána Pushti rájás Rás Lilá Ras Mandali reform regard religious respect Rig-veda rupees sacred Śakti Sanskrit Satya Prakásh Sausse Shástras Sir Joseph Arnould Sire Śiva Slavery Bond Ślokas society spiritual guide sport Supreme Surat Telingá Bráhmins temple Thákurji thou throw gulál Udho Vaishnavas Vallabh Vallabha Vallabháchárya sect Vedas Vishnu votaries wife witnesses wives and daughters woman women worship Yajur-veda ખી રે વાહલા
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Page 75 - ... the law considers such publication as malicious, unless it is fairly made by a person in the discharge of some public or private duty, whether legal or moral, or in the conduct of his own affairs, in matters where his interest is concerned.
Page 88 - A communication made bona fide upon any subject-matter In which the party communicating has an interest, or in reference to which he has a duty, is privileged if made to a person having a corresponding interest or duty, although it contain criminatory matter, which, without this privilege, would be slanderous and actionable...
Page 172 - Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools, and CHANGED the glory of the uncorruptible God into AN IMAGE made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and fourfooted beasts, and creeping things.
Page 12 - He who by His might looked even over the water-clouds, the clouds which gave strength and lit the sacrifice ; He who is God above all gods; — Who is the God to whom we shall offer our sacrifice ? " ' May He not destroy us, He the creator of the earth ; or He, the righteous, who created the heaven; He who also created the bright and mighty waters. — Who is the God to whom we shall offer our sacrifice...
Page 11 - In the beginning there arose the Source of golden light. He was the only born Lord of all that is. He established the earth, and this sky. Who is the God to whom we shall oifer our sacrifice ? " He who gives life. He who gives strength ; whose blessing all the bright gods desire ; whose shadow is immortality, whose shadow is death. Who is the God to whom we shall offer our sacrifice?
Page 2 - The real doctrine of the whole Indian scripture is the unity of the deity, in whom the universe is comprehended : and the seeming polytheism which it exhibits, offers the elements, and the stars, and planets, as gods.
Page 5 - Did the luminous ray of these (creative acts) expand in the middle? or above ? or below? That productive seed at once became providence (or sentient souls) and matter (or the elements) : she, who is sustained within himself, was inferior; and he, who heeds, was superior.
Page 12 - Wherever the mighty water-clouds went, where they placed * Miiller's Anc. Sansk. Lit., p. 567. it c the seed and lit the fire, thence arose He who is the only life of the bright gods ; — Who is the God to whom we shall offer our sacrifice...
Page 9 - The deities invoked appear, on a cursory inspection of the Veda, to be as various as the authors of the prayers addressed to them : but, according to the most ancient annotations on the Indian scripture, those numerous names of persons and things are all resolvable into different titles of three deities, and ultimately of one god.
Page 11 - He who gives life, he who gives strength ; whose command all the Bright Gods revere ; whose shadow is immortality, whose shadow is death. Who is the God to whom we shall offer our sacrifice?