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Contents
ON ERAS AND OTHER DIVISIONS OF TIME | 13 |
ON AUSPICIOUS AND INAUSPICIOUS SEASONS | 30 |
ON SOLAR AND SEASONAL FESTIVALS | 38 |
ON LUNAR AND PLANETARY FESTIVALS | 66 |
Ghaņțā Karņa PājaKāla Bhairava Vishnu | 75 |
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Āśvina auspicious bathing became become beginning believed Bengal Brāhman called castes celebrates century ceremony Chaitra Chap chaturthi close connection considered custom dark half death deities demon devoted Durgā earth eighth eleventh fair is held fast feast festival fifth flowers four fourteenth fourth fruit full moon Gauri girl given gives goddess gods head Hindu incarnation India Kārttika keep king known Lakshmi lamps later leaves legend light half living lunar Māgha mantras merit Monday month mother nakshatra night ninth observed occurs offerings origin Pausha performed plant popular present priest Rāma religious rice rite river sacred samkrānti says season seven Sharmā shrine Siva sixth snake solar sometimes spirits story sukla taken temple tenth third thirteenth thread tithi tree village Vishņu 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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