Curiosities of Superstition, and Sketches - W. H. Davenport Adams

charmers do not seem entitled to the distinctive appellation of Abraiaman, or Brahmans, though they may have ...

head, with four or more faces, overshadowed by yaks’ tails, like huge plumes of dark or scarlet w ...

When they have expended all their energies the revellers bring the festival to a close, and each vi ...

balcony rapidly collect and return in plentiful volleys. For about half-an-hour this severe encounter lasts, whe ...

with a peculiar vibratory noise, caused by the motion of the hand and tongue, or the tongue alone. The devil ...

believers, who recited texts from the Vedas, and chanted Christian hymns. In 1830 he went further; founding ...

devoted himself with eager unselfishness, giving unsparingly of his time, his money, and his talents. His work ...

the Governor of the Universe; and worship Him—Him alone. They do not believe in His incarnation. “6 ...

“14. Theoretically, there is no distinction of caste among the Brahmas. They declare that we are all ...

and Benares. There could henceforward be no doubt as to the more than heretical tendency of the t ...

CHAPTER V. THE HINDU MYTHOLOGY: AND THE VISHNU PURANA. THE word Purana means “old,” and the original object ...

dialogues are eventually woven together; and they purport to have been held on different occasions betw ...

“spirit;” Pradhána, “crude matter;” Vyakta, “visible form;” and Kála, “time.” “This,” says Professor Wilson, ...

no holy days, no birthdays of Krishna, no nights dedicated to Lakshmi; no sacrifices or modes of wors ...

Sacrifice of Daksha. (This remarkable legend, according to Professor Wilson, is intended to allegorise a strug ...

approached the patriarch with outward gestures of respect. The Adityas, Vasus, Rudras, Maruts, all entitled t ...

He was of vast bulk, vast strength, a mighty male and lord, the destroyer of the universe, and like ...

battle; who instantly broke or overturned the sacrificial columns, trampled upon the altars, and danced amidst the ...

fragments of the meat-offerings were carried off by flights of hungry vultures and herds of howling jackals. Suppre ...

bow of Indra. And Krishna, skilled in the curative art, took hold of her under the chin with the thumb ...