FROM THE CAVES AND JUNGLES OF HINDOSTAN (1879-80)
by Helena Petrovna Blavatsky (1831-1891)
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*Introduction by FWP*
*[anonymous] translator's preface (1892)*
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*Chapter One -- In Bombay*:
*the island of Elephanta* -- *the island of Bombay* -- *the temple of Valakeshvara* -- *millions of crows* -- *the prudery of Athanasius* -- *Swami Dayanand Saraswati* -- *Dayanand as a Yogi* -- *the Theosophical Society* -- *an amalgamation between the Society and the Arya Samaj* -- *the Tower of Silence* -- *the Jainas* -- *the Pinjarapala* -- *a holy man feeding insects with his own blood* -- *the role of Hanuman* -- *a performance of Sita-Rama* -- *Parsee women* -- *turbans*

*Chapter Two -- On the Way to Karli*:
*Gulab-Sing* -- *Kali-yug* -- *Vedanta* -- *Mataran* -- *coralillos* -- *monkeys* -- *our coolies*- *Indian mountains* -- *Sivaji* -- *a mysterious document* -- *Patala in the Americas*

*Chapter Three -- In the Karli Caves*:
*the Karli Caves* -- *secret libraries* -- *the subterranean passages of Karli* -- *Elephanta* -- *a fair at Karli* -- *the cobra-turbaned Buni* -- *a snake-controlling stone* -- *Bhuta ascetics* -- *the Sadhu sect* -- *the Rajputs* -- *ancient chronicles* -- *Professor Max Muller* -- *Gulab-Sing* -- *a tiger slain by a word* -- *the Bajah caves* -- *the story of Maroba*

*Chapter Four -- Vanished Glories*:
*secrets of the centuries* -- *Alexander Csoma de Koros* -- *Nassik* -- *Shiva-worshippers vs. Vishnu-worshippers* -- *the story of an elephant's tail* -- *the Nassik caves* -- *natural and Egyptian pyramids*

*Chapter Five -- A City of the Dead*:
*Bengalis and Mahrattis* -- *Mussalman cemeteries* -- *the ritual of burning the dead* -- *the temples of Enkay-Tenkay* -- *Mandu*

*Chapter Six -- Brahmanic Hospitalities*:
*the laws of Manu* -- *expulsion from the caste* -- *racial "superiority" and "inferiority"* -- *Patara Prabhus* -- *wearing silk during meals* -- *guests at a Hindu dinner* -- *possession by a bhuta* -- *the ladies of the house* -- *the murder of a transmigrated vampire-bat* -- *Manu anticipated Darwin* -- *Sham Rao's worship* -- *the tulsi plant*

*Chapter Seven -- A Witch's Den*:
*possession by seven goddesses* -- *the skull of a monstrous animal* -- *devil-worshippers* -- *the worship of Captain Pole* -- *the Kangalim* -- *"Who spoke in those deep manly tones?"*

*Chapter Eight -- God's Warrior*:
*lajjalu* -- *the Sannyasi* -- *the Akalis* -- *the Sikhs* -- *the Kuks* -- *Hyderabad* -- *two British blunders* -- *Bagh* -- *Bhils* -- *Scythians and Rajputs*

*Chapter Nine -- The Banns of Marriage*:
*child marriage* -- *marriage of the unborn* -- *temple dancers* -- *wedding ceremonies* -- *the goat sacrifice* -- *the Bagh ceremony* -- *widowhood* -- *suttee*

*Chapter Ten -- The Caves of Bagh*:
*the Bagh caves* -- *Buddhist and Brahmans* -- *a secret cell* -- *"Is this death?"* -- *Gulab-Sing* -- *the Hardwar mela* -- *Ganga* -- *the Hari-Kulas*

*Chapter Eleven -- An Isle of Mystery*:
*Raj-Yogis* -- *spiritualists and Theosophists* -- *Gulab-Sing* -- *sacred monkeys* -- *the "concert"* -- *vina-devi* -- *Swami Dayanand* -- *the Indian moon* -- *mystics and pantheists* -- *musical artists* -- *the music of nature* -- *Vedic influences* -- *Vedantins*

*Chapter Twelve -- Jubblepore*:
*the Marble Rocks* -- *Kali* -- *the Thugs* -- *Shiva* -- *an aged ex-Thug* -- *Fakirs' Avenue* -- *N. C. Paul* -- *Bhastrika Kumbhala* -- *the stage of Dhyana* -- *Samadhi* -- *Raj-Yogis* -- *spiritualism and science*
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*Wikipedia on HPB* == *Blavatsky Net: Theosophy* == *Blavatsky Study Center* == *The Theosophical Society*
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*The Mystics, Ascetics, and Saints of India: A Study of Sadhuism, with an Account of the Yogis, Sanyasis, Bairagis, and other strange Hindu Sectarians, by John Campbell Oman, 1903*


 
 
 

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