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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