The Popular Religion and Folk-lore of Northern India, Bind 1A. Constable & Company, 1896 - 653 sider |
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... RIVER - WORSHIP . High on the list of benevolent deities of Northern India 7 are the great rivers , especially the Ganges and the Jumnâ , which are known respectively as Gangâ Mâî or " Mother Ganges " and Jumnâ jî or " Lady Jumnâ ...
... RIVER - WORSHIP . High on the list of benevolent deities of Northern India 7 are the great rivers , especially the Ganges and the Jumnâ , which are known respectively as Gangâ Mâî or " Mother Ganges " and Jumnâ jî or " Lady Jumnâ ...
Side 34
... river to flow from his ear . By a third account she is the daughter of Himavat , the impersonation of the Himalayan range . Another curious tale , which must have been based on some Indian tradition , is found in Plutarch " The Ganges ...
... river to flow from his ear . By a third account she is the daughter of Himavat , the impersonation of the Himalayan range . Another curious tale , which must have been based on some Indian tradition , is found in Plutarch " The Ganges ...
Side 37
... river then assumed a human form and besought his forgiveness ; but it was some time before she could appease the angry hero . This has been taken to represent the construction of some ancient canal from the river ; but Mr. Growse shows ...
... river then assumed a human form and besought his forgiveness ; but it was some time before she could appease the angry hero . This has been taken to represent the construction of some ancient canal from the river ; but Mr. Growse shows ...
Side 38
... river to bathe , bringing with her his loin cloth and water - pot to convince him that she was really the Ganges herself . " SACRED RIVER JUNCTIONS . When two sacred rivers combine their waters the junction ( Sangama ) is regarded as of ...
... river to bathe , bringing with her his loin cloth and water - pot to convince him that she was really the Ganges herself . " SACRED RIVER JUNCTIONS . When two sacred rivers combine their waters the junction ( Sangama ) is regarded as of ...
Side 39
... river Chambal . Anasûyâ , the wife of Atri , was a daughter of the Rishi Daksha . She did penance for ten thousand years , and so was enabled to create the river Mandâkinî , and thus saved the land from famine . Her worship is localized ...
... river Chambal . Anasûyâ , the wife of Atri , was a daughter of the Rishi Daksha . She did penance for ten thousand years , and so was enabled to create the river Mandâkinî , and thus saved the land from famine . Her worship is localized ...
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