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Contents
ON ERAS AND OTHER DIvisions of TIME | 13 |
ON Solar AND SEASONAL FESTIVALs | 38 |
ON LUNAR AND PLANETARY FESTIVALs | 66 |
Ghantã Karna PújāKāla Bhairava Vishnu | 75 |
ON FESTIVALs ARIsING FRom ANIMIstrc Sources | 99 |
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auspicious bathing became become beginning believed Bengal Bhādrapada Brähman called castes celebrates century ceremony Chaitra Chap chaturthi close connection considered custom dark half death demon devoted Durgā earth eighth eleventh fair is held fast feast festival fifth flowers four fourteenth fourth fruit full moon Ganeśa Gauri girl given gives goddess gods head Hindu incarnation India Kārttika keep killed king known krishna Lakshmi lamps later leaves legend light light half living lunar Māgha Mahārāshtra mantras merit month mother nakshatra night ninth observed occurs offerings origin Pausha performed plant popular present priest Rāma religious rice rite river sacred says season seven Sharmă shrine Śiva sixth snake solar sometimes spirits Śukla taken temple tenth third thirteenth thread tithi tree village Vishnu wife woman women worship yuga
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| Title | The Hindu Religious Year |
| Author | Muriel Marion Underhill |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Asian Educational Services, 1991 |
| ISBN | 8120605233, 9788120605237 |
| Length | 194 pages |
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