The Religious Quest of India / (Record no. 44430)

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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9789390063222
041 ## - LANGUAGE CODE
Language English
082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number 291.09
Item number FAR
100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Farquhar, J. N.
245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT
Title The Religious Quest of India /
Statement of responsibility, etc Farquhar, J. N.; Griswold, H. D.
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT)
Place of publication, distribution, etc New Delhi :
Name of publisher, distributor, etc Maven Books,
Date of publication, distribution, etc 2023.
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent 276 pages :
Other physical details illustrations ;
Dimensions 22 cm.
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1920 edition. Excerpt: ...the pot were uncovered, some one might burn his hands in it, and if by chance a piece of burnt skin fell in the pot, the fire would become as unholy as the fire that burns a dead man!) But this covered fire that is brought is holy, and is called the Pavaka or sanctifier.1 Sandal-wood paste is sprinkled on the edge of the altar and on the fire itself, and flowers are put beside it. Next, three blades of darbha-grass dipped in clarified butter are thrown into the fire, and water is poured round it. At this point the worshipper stops for a moment and meditates on Agni, who has four horns, three legs, two heads, and seven hands, and then he again offers sandal-wood paste and flowers to the fire. Rice is now ordered from the kitchen, and the worshipper sprinkles water over the rice and sanctifies it by repeating mentally the gayatri mantra, and then pouring over it clarified butter. Out of this rice the worshipper proceeds to make five little balls, each the size of a marble. The first is offered to Brahma, and as the worshipper casts it into the fire, he says: 1 It maybe interesting here to note the names of the other fires that we have either studied already or shall later study. The fire at sraddha is called the Aditi, the mother of gods and the aunt of the demons; the marriage fire is the Yojaka, the uniter; the fire lit at a house-warming is the Satamaiigala, the bringer of hundreds of auspicious things; the fire lit at the funeral pyre is the Kravydd, the eater of human flesh; and the fire lit to propitiate the planets is the Varada, the fulfiller of desire. 'Brahmane Svdhd and then: 'This is for his sake and not for mine'.
650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Comparative religion
650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Religious studies
700 ## - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Griswold, H. D.
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    Dewey Decimal Classification     Non-fiction CUTN Central Library CUTN Central Library Religion 29/05/2025   291.09 FAR 51879 29/05/2025 29/05/2025 General Books