 | India - 1852 - 566 pages
...thinks on ' Himdchal," says the Manasd-khanda, one of the numerous Mdhatmyas of the Skanda Purdna, " though he should not ' behold him, is greater than he who performs all worship in ' Kdshi. In a hundred ages of the gods I could not tell thee ' of the glories of Himachal. As the dew... | |
 | India - 1852 - 556 pages
...thinks on ' Himachal," says the Manasa-khanda, one of the numerous Mdhatmyas of the Skanda Purana, " though he should not ' behold him, is greater than he who performs all worship in ' Kdshi. In a hundred ages of the gods I could not tell thee ' of the glories of Himachal. As the dew... | |
 | Scotland - 1889 - 932 pages
...remarkable veil of sanctity and superstition. "He who thinks on Himáchal," says one of the Puranas, " though he should not behold him, is greater than he who performs all worship at Kashi. In a hundred ages of the gods 1 could not tell of the glories of Himáchal. As the dew is... | |
 | William Crooke - Ancestor worship - 1896 - 346 pages
...tale of Govinda Samanta.2 MOUNTAIN-WORSHIP ; THE HIMALAYA. " He who thinks of Himachal (the Himalaya), though he should not behold him, is greater than he who performs all worship at Kasi (Benares) ; as the dew is dried up by the morning sun, so are the sins of mankind by the sight... | |
 | Charles Atmore Sherring - Buddhism - 1906 - 412 pages
...find beyond the power of adequate expression : " He who thinks on Himachal (ie, the Himalayan snows), though he should not behold him, is greater than he who performs all worship in Kashi (Benares), and he who thinks of Himachal shall have pardon for all sins, NANDA KOT AND ITS GLACIERS, TAKEN FROM... | |
 | William Spooner Smith - Voyages around the world - 1914 - 242 pages
...way up to the top of the pinnacle! In the Holy Books of the Hindu it is written, "He that thinks on Himachal, though he should not behold him, is greater than he who performs all the worship at Kashi (Benares) . In a hundred years of the gods I could not tell of the glories of... | |
 | Silva Kingstandish - American fiction - 1914 - 408 pages
...manager, "Our salvation is assured. Zounds! It says, 'He who thinks on the Himaschel (Himalayas), although he should not behold him, is greater than he who performs all the worship at Kashi (Benares)." The reader paused, then read, "It seems there are many venerable shrines... | |
 | China - 1923 - 1468 pages
...quotes the words of a Hindu sage, as follows: — "He who thinks of Himachal (the Himalayan snows), though he should not behold him, is greater than he who performs all worship at Kashi (Benares). And he who thinks on Himachal shall have pardon for all sins; and all things that... | |
 | Sangharakshita (Bhikshu) - Biography & Autobiography - 1991 - 520 pages
...Himalaya or Himachala, in the singular, and extol him as a deity, saying: He who thinks of Himachala, even though he should not behold Him, is greater than he who performs worship at Kashi. And he who contemplates upon Himachala shall 474 have pardon of all sins. All things... | |
 | Harish Kapadia - Travel - 1999 - 288 pages
...strength and friends and happiness; and to have known them is indeed a liberal education. 180 APPENDICES He who thinks of Himachal, though he should not behold...greater than he who performs all worship in Kashi. And he who thinks of Himachal shall have pardon for all sins, and all things that die on Himachal and... | |
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