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... Animals , 78. Dancing in Celebration of the Durga Festival , 79. Consigning an Image of Kali to the Ganges , · · 199 202 • · 209 • 215 • · · 219 • 228 SPECIMENS OF THE SHASTERS . Commencing at Page 237 . 80. Gautama , or Budh , • 81 ...
... Animals , 78. Dancing in Celebration of the Durga Festival , 79. Consigning an Image of Kali to the Ganges , · · 199 202 • · 209 • 215 • · · 219 • 228 SPECIMENS OF THE SHASTERS . Commencing at Page 237 . 80. Gautama , or Budh , • 81 ...
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... animal food is denied them by their religion , unless the animals be first sacrificed to some idol . At their meals , they use neither tables , chairs , knives , forks , nor spoons . They sit upon the floor , and put the food into the ...
... animal food is denied them by their religion , unless the animals be first sacrificed to some idol . At their meals , they use neither tables , chairs , knives , forks , nor spoons . They sit upon the floor , and put the food into the ...
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... animal on a plate , as if dressed for food . It is dancing on four men's bodies , two prostrated and two ready to be crushed . Above , beneath , and on each side , were armed female furies dancing on human carcasses ; but these are not ...
... animal on a plate , as if dressed for food . It is dancing on four men's bodies , two prostrated and two ready to be crushed . Above , beneath , and on each side , were armed female furies dancing on human carcasses ; but these are not ...
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... animal life , carry a broom , composed of soft cotton threads , gently to sweep the insects from their path . They also erect hospitals for the reception of aged , sick , and lame ani- mals . There is an institution of this kind in the ...
... animal life , carry a broom , composed of soft cotton threads , gently to sweep the insects from their path . They also erect hospitals for the reception of aged , sick , and lame ani- mals . There is an institution of this kind in the ...
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... animal , the grass and the deception remained to the pilgrim . Cows were stationed at six or eight places for the convenience of performing this ceremony . I next visited the point , and found the water , for a consider- able distance ...
... animal , the grass and the deception remained to the pilgrim . Cows were stationed at six or eight places for the convenience of performing this ceremony . I next visited the point , and found the water , for a consider- able distance ...
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