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In the Great God's Hair, by F. W. Bain, [1905], at sacred-texts.com


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CONTENTS.

 

PAGE

PROLOGUE

1

A LOTUS OF THE WORLD

9

EPILOGUE

81

Note. The legend below the Vignette, representing the Goddess of Beauty, is a beautiful alliterative compound alluding to her origin from the sea. The alliteration evaporates in the process of translation: but the meaning is: Hail to her whose being is the essence of the tumbling ocean waves, all love, emotion, agitation and broken curves!

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A LOTUS OF THE WORLD.

 

 

PAGE

I.

A Denier of Deity

11

II.

A Rajpoot Marriage

16

III.

Water-Lily.

24

IV.

A God and a Mortal

27

V.

Man's Other Half

32

VI

Wild Flowers

35

VII.

Out of a Former Birth

37

VIII.

The Illusion of Beauty

40

IX.

The Two Kings

43

X.

A Pariah Dog

46

XI.

A Red Lotus

48

XII.

The Wind and the Leaves

51

XIII.

A King and Queen

54

XIV.

Love the Fisherman

57

XV.

A Woman's Lord

59

XVI.

A God abashed

62

XVII.

Nectar

64

XVIII.

The Favour of Fortune

69

XIX.

The Triumph of Beauty

75


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