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The mahatmya of the tenth adhyaya. The servants of Shiva find a dead Brahman in the city of Kasi on the auspicious day of Ekadasi. Shiva explains that by reciting the tenth aghyaya of the Bhagvadgita, the Brahman had once saved a swan and an apsara (fairy) who had been turned into a lotus. Shiva's attendants take the Brahman to Shiva's heaven
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The mahatmya of the tenth adhyaya. The servants of Shiva find a dead Brahman in the city of Kasi on the auspicious day of Ekadasi. Shiva explains that by reciting the tenth aghyaya of the Bhagvadgita, the Brahman had once saved a swan and an apsara (fairy) who had been turned into a lotus. Shiva's attendants take the Brahman to Shiva's heaven
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A begging Brahman raising his begging bowl to accept a gift from a woman. Gouache drawing.
Reference: 28615i- Digital Images
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The sixth avatara if Visnu. The warrior Brahman Parasurama slays the evil king Anjuna with an axe.
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The sixth avatara if Visnu. The warrior Brahman Parasurama slays the evil king Anjuna with an axe.
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A Jain horsegroom with his wife offering him a betel leaf. Gouache drawing.
Reference: 28525i- Books
Migrant Brāhmaṇas in northern India : their settlement and general impact c. A.D. 475-1030 / Swati Datta (née Sen Gupta).
Datta, Swati, 1951-Date: 1989- Pictures
A travelling Jain musician and wife. Gouache drawing.
Reference: 28677i- Pictures
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Brahman priest with a musical shell and a bell, being used at a religious ceremony, Calcutta, West Bengal. Coloured etching by François Balthazar Solvyns, 1799.
Solvyns, Balt. (Balthazar), 1760-1824.Date: [1799]Reference: 31179iPart of: Manners, customs, and dresses of the Hindoos- Books
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Le Bhaguat-geeta, ou dialogues de Kreeshna et d'Arjoon; contenant un précis de la religion & de la morale des Indiens. Tradiut du Samscrit, ... par M. Charles Wilkins; ...
Date: 1787- Pictures
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A Hindu priest offering a young woman some holy beads. Gouache drawing.
Reference: 28682i- Books
Crossing the lines of caste : Visvamitra and the construction of Brahmin power in Hindu mythology / Adheesh A. Sathaye.
Sathaye, Adheesh A.Date: [2015]- Pictures
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A Jain holding a harness accompanied by his wife. Gouache drawing.
Reference: 28316i- Books
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Interesting historical events, relative to the provinces of Bengal, and the empire of Indostan. With a seasonable hint and persuasive to the Honorable the Court of Directors of the East India Company. As also the mythology and cosmogony, fasts and festivals of the Gentoos, followers of the Shastah. And a dissertation on the metempsychosis commonly, though erroneously, called the Pythagorean doctrine. By J.Z. Holwell, esq; part III.
Holwell, J. Z. (John Zephaniah), 1711-1798.Date: MDCCLXXI. [1771]- Books
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Interesting historical events, relative to the provinces of Bengal, and the empire of Indostan. With a seasonable hint and perswasive to the Honourable the Court of Directors of the East India Company. As also the mythology and cosmogony, fasts and festivals of the Gentoo's, followers of the Shastah. And a dissertation on the Metempsychosis, commonly, though erroneously, called the Pythagorean doctrine. By J.Z. Holwell, esq; part II.
Holwell, J. Z. (John Zephaniah), 1711-1798.Date: MDCCLXVII. [1767]- Pictures
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Vishnu, Brahman and three other deities perform a yagna, a fire sacrifice, an old vedic ritual where offerings are made to the god of fire, Agni. Gouache painting by an Indian artist.
Date: [between 1800 and 1899?]Reference: 577133i- Pictures
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Vishnu, Lakshmi (?), Brahman, Shiva and two priests perform a yagna, a fire sacrifice, an old vedic ritual where offerings are made to the god of fire, Agni. Gouache painting by an Indian artist.
Date: [between 1800 and 1899?]Reference: 577127i- Pictures
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A man prays to Brahman, Vishnu and Shiva and another deity as they perform a yagna, a fire sacrifice, an old vedic ritual where offerings are made to the god of fire, Agni. Gouache painting by an Indian artist.
Date: [between 1800 and 1899?]Reference: 577132i- Books
L'enseignement médical dans l'Inde ancienne : temps védico- brahmaniques / par P. Cordier.
Cordier, P. (Palmyr), -1914Date: 1902- Books
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An account of the Bramins Observatory at Benares. By Sir Robert Barker, Knt. F. R. S. Read at the Royal Society, May 29, 1777.
Barker, Robert, Sir, F.R.S.Date: MDCCLXXVII. [1777]- Books
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Interesting historical events, relative to the provinces of Bengal, and the empire of Indostan. With a seasonable hint and perswasive to the Honourable the Court of Directors of the East India Company. As also the mythology and cosmogony, fasts and festivals of the Gentoo's, followers of the Shastah. And a dissertation on the Metempsychosis, commonly, though erroneously, called the Pythagorean doctrine. By J. Z. Holwell, esq; part I.
Holwell, J. Z. (John Zephaniah), 1711-1798.Date: MDCCLXVI. [1766]- Books
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Interesting historical events, relative to the provinces of Bengal, and the empire of Indostan. With a seasonable hint and perswasive to the Honourable the Court of Directors of the East India Company. As also the mythology and cosmogony, fasts and festivals of the Gentoo's, followers of the Shastah. And a dissertation on the Metempsychosis, commonly, though erroneously, called the Pythagorean doctrine. By J.Z. Holwell, Esq; Part I.
Holwell, J. Z. (John Zephaniah), 1711-1798.Date: MDCCLXV. [1765]- Books
Disputed mission : jesuit experiments and brahmanical knowledge in seventeenth-century India / Ines G. Županov.
Županov, Ines G.Date: 1999- Books
The doctrine of Karma : its origin and development in Brāhmaṇical, Buddhist, and Jaina traditions / Yuvraj Krishan.
Krishan, Y., 1922-Date: 1997- Books
Religious centres of North India : Buddhist, Jaina, and Brahmanical based on archaeological and literary sources / Bikash Mukherjee.
Mukherjee, Bikash, 1957-Date: 1993