An Outline of the Religious Literature of India
Author : John Nicol Farquhar
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Page : 490 pages
File Size : 35,86 MB
Release : 1920
Category : Christianity and other religions
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Author : John Nicol Farquhar
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Page : 490 pages
File Size : 35,86 MB
Release : 1920
Category : Christianity and other religions
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Author : Farquhar J N (John Nicol) 1861-1929
Publisher : Hardpress Publishing
Page : 496 pages
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ISBN : 9781314298871
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Author : Farquhar J N 1861-1929
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Page : 490 pages
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ISBN : 9781313487467
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Author : John Nicol Farquhar
Publisher : Asia Book Corporation of America
Page : 0 pages
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Release : 1984
Category : Christianity and other religions
ISBN : 9780895817655
Author : J N 1861-1929 Farquhar
Publisher : Palala Press
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ISBN : 9781359777256
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Author : J. N. Farquhar
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Page : pages
File Size : 46,67 MB
Release : 1984
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ISBN : 9780896842885
Author : John Nicol Farquhar
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Page : 650 pages
File Size : 12,18 MB
Release : 1920
Category : Christianity and other religions
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Author : J. N. 1861-1929 Farquhar
Publisher : Nabu Press
Page : 490 pages
File Size : 32,32 MB
Release : 2013-12
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ISBN : 9781293411261
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Author : H. D. Griswold J.N. Farquhar
Publisher : Theclassics.Us
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 48,58 MB
Release : 2013-09
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ISBN : 9781230453620
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1920 edition. Excerpt: ...the pot were uncovered, some one might burn his hands in it, and if by chance a piece of burnt skin fell in the pot, the fire would become as unholy as the fire that burns a dead man!) But this covered fire that is brought is holy, and is called the Pavaka or sanctifier.1 Sandal-wood paste is sprinkled on the edge of the altar and on the fire itself, and flowers are put beside it. Next, three blades of darbha-grass dipped in clarified butter are thrown into the fire, and water is poured round it. At this point the worshipper stops for a moment and meditates on Agni, who has four horns, three legs, two heads, and seven hands, and then he again offers sandal-wood paste and flowers to the fire. Rice is now ordered from the kitchen, and the worshipper sprinkles water over the rice and sanctifies it by repeating mentally the gayatri mantra, and then pouring over it clarified butter. Out of this rice the worshipper proceeds to make five little balls, each the size of a marble. The first is offered to Brahma, and as the worshipper casts it into the fire, he says: 1 It maybe interesting here to note the names of the other fires that we have either studied already or shall later study. The fire at sraddha is called the Aditi, the mother of gods and the aunt of the demons; the marriage fire is the Yojaka, the uniter; the fire lit at a house-warming is the Satamaiigala, the bringer of hundreds of auspicious things; the fire lit at the funeral pyre is the Kravydd, the eater of human flesh; and the fire lit to propitiate the planets is the Varada, the fulfiller of desire. 'Brahmane Svdhd and then: 'This is for his sake and not for mine'. The remaining four balls are successively offered in the same way to Prajdpati, to Grihyd (the goddess who guards...
Author : John Nicol Farquhar
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Page : 451 pages
File Size : 27,79 MB
Release : 1920
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