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Hindu Manners Customs and Ceremonies

AuthorAbbe J.A. Dubois
PublisherLow Price Pub
Publisher1999
PublisherThird edition
Publisherxxxiv
Publisher744 p,
ISBN8175361689

"This book covers the division of castes in India along with its advantages and disadvantages. The author has mentioned the antiquity and origin of caste.

The Gurus and Hindu priest is defined in a frame of real portrait of true Guru.

What is soul and what are mantras, its meaning internal definitions - abstinence from all intoxicating liquors and from everything that has had life is nicely expressed by the author.

The Grahasth status and Brahmin rulings and their commands are shown through the studies of Indian culture.

Rules of conduct for married and unmarried women along with rules regarding the portion of property is also expressed. The religious doctrine, the feast of household Gods - commemoration of the dead. The principal Gods of Hindu is cleared in its second part. The author has touched all the spheres of customs of Hindu mythology in his writings along with the remarks on the origin of famous temples too."

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