SUNDHYA:THE DAILY PRAYERS OF THE BRAHMINS

Body & Spirit

SUNDHYA:THE DAILY PRAYERS OF THE BRAHMINS

By: S C Belnos

995.00

  • ISBN: 9.79E+12
  • Pages: 70 pages
  • Published: February 2025
  • Format: Hardcover
  • Imprint: Rupa
  • Language: English
Sundhya is a daily recital of prayers by Hindu Brahmins, accompanied by appropriate gesticulations. This book was written in the mid-nineteenth century and for its author, a European lady, the religious habits and manners of the native Indians must have been interesting novelties worth exploring. The prayers, at places given in the original Sanskrit, invoke various Hindu deities like Vishnu, Hanuman and Mahadeva. They come with pictorial illustrations that represent the manner of their actual performance.
One of India's most cherished renaissance figures, Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941) put India on the literary map of the world when his Gitanjali was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1913. Myriad-minded, he was a poet, short story writer, novelist, dramatist, essayist, painter and composer of songs. His worldwide acclaim as a social, political, religious and aesthetic thinker, innovator in education and a champion of the 'One World' idea makes him a living presence.

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