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Content Provider | Rare Book Society of India |
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Author | Yajnik, Javerilal Umashankar |
Description | The interesting portrait opposite to the title-page of this volume requires some explanation. The portrait is also to be found in my volume on Buddhism, but is only inserted there to illustrate the connexion between Brahmanism and Buddhism. It is really an engraving from an excellent photograph of an eminent Brahman which was taken not long ago at Bombay, and may be regarded as furnishing good evidence of the fact that orthodox Brahmanism has not yet died out in India. It will be seen that every Brahman, when he arrives at the fourth stage of life, ought to become a Sannyasi—that is, to withdraw from all active duties and devote the rest of his days to religious meditation. The person represented was an able prime minister of the native State Bhaunagar, and in consequence of his eminence was created a C. S. I. by our Government. He has recently retired from his high office and become a Sannyasi. A Rudraksha rosary is suspended round his neck. In front of his raised seat are various ceremonial implements. Near the right-hand corner of his seat is a Kamandalu or water-gourd. In front of the seat, on the right of the figure, is an Upa-patra or subsidiary vessel used with the Kamandalu. In the middle is the Tamra-patra or copper vessel for containing the water used at the performance of ceremonies, and on the left is the Panca-patra for the purifying water measured out with the AcamanI, or spoon used at Acamana. Near the left-hand corner are the wooden clogs. In his left hand is the Danda or staff called Sudarsana. It is a mystical weapon employed against evil spirits and consists of a bamboo with six knots. The mystic white roll, which begins above the left hand and ends before the fifth knot, is called the Lakshmi-vastra. The projecting piece of cloth, folded in the form of an axe (Parasu), represents the weapon of Parasu-rama with which he subdued the enemies of the Brahmans. |
Language | English |
Publisher | Education Society's Press |
Publisher Date | 1889-01-01 |
Publisher Place | Bombay |
Access Restriction | Open |
Subject Keyword | Rare Books |
Content Type | Text |
Resource Type | Book |
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