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Page 49
... sacred text , stopping at the end of each stanza to translate and explain . His hearers listen attentively to the exciting narra- tive , now convulsed with laughter at some dexterous exploit , and then thrilled with horror at some ...
... sacred text , stopping at the end of each stanza to translate and explain . His hearers listen attentively to the exciting narra- tive , now convulsed with laughter at some dexterous exploit , and then thrilled with horror at some ...
Page 66
... sacred ashes of cows ' ordure . Hundreds of these were inflicting self - torture . In one procession , I saw ten persons , each with more than a hundred iron pins inserted in the flesh . In another , each devotee had a cluster of ...
... sacred ashes of cows ' ordure . Hundreds of these were inflicting self - torture . In one procession , I saw ten persons , each with more than a hundred iron pins inserted in the flesh . In another , each devotee had a cluster of ...
Page 73
... sacred ashes , his body greatly emaciated , while his feet and legs were so drop- sical and swollen as to require bandages to prevent their bursting . Sometimes he slept as he stood , but generally he was awake and busily employed in ...
... sacred ashes , his body greatly emaciated , while his feet and legs were so drop- sical and swollen as to require bandages to prevent their bursting . Sometimes he slept as he stood , but generally he was awake and busily employed in ...
Page 74
... sacred books . Narayan is the name of a Hindu god . A certain man , notori- ously wicked , having a son of that name , was laid upon a sick- bed . In the hour of death , being parched with a fever , he called upon his son to give him ...
... sacred books . Narayan is the name of a Hindu god . A certain man , notori- ously wicked , having a son of that name , was laid upon a sick- bed . In the hour of death , being parched with a fever , he called upon his son to give him ...
Page 82
... sacred wedlock born , We caught and reared him for thy rite alone . Now , too , with rites from all pollution free , We offer him , O Bhuenee ! to thee . " As soon as this hymn is finished , with one blow of the axe the chest of the ...
... sacred wedlock born , We caught and reared him for thy rite alone . Now , too , with rites from all pollution free , We offer him , O Bhuenee ! to thee . " As soon as this hymn is finished , with one blow of the axe the chest of the ...
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