The Sacred City of the Hindus: An Account of Benares in Ancient and Modern TimesTrübner & Company, 1868 - 388 pages |
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... first promulgated ; in Benares , Hinduism has had her home in the bosom of her most impassioned votaries . This city , therefore , has given impulse and vigour to the two religions which to this day govern half the world . An account of ...
... first promulgated ; in Benares , Hinduism has had her home in the bosom of her most impassioned votaries . This city , therefore , has given impulse and vigour to the two religions which to this day govern half the world . An account of ...
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... first in Benares . - Antiquity of Benares . - Hiouen Thsang's account of his visit to the city in the seventh century of the Christian era . - Macaulay's description of Benares . — Con- nexion of Benares with the religious history of ...
... first in Benares . - Antiquity of Benares . - Hiouen Thsang's account of his visit to the city in the seventh century of the Christian era . - Macaulay's description of Benares . — Con- nexion of Benares with the religious history of ...
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... first , only suggestions , very soon ripen into indubitable certainties : " Cette rivière [ the ' Epévveσis ] , la dernière de la liste d'Arrien , se reconnaît sans difficulté dans la Varânasî , petite rivière qui se jette dans la ...
... first , only suggestions , very soon ripen into indubitable certainties : " Cette rivière [ the ' Epévveσis ] , la dernière de la liste d'Arrien , se reconnaît sans difficulté dans la Varânasî , petite rivière qui se jette dans la ...
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... first a masculine appellation , Kâśi , as applied to the city so styled , is feminine.2 An exact parallel to this hypo- thetical evolution is not far to seek . The name of King Champa , femininized , became that of the metropolis of ...
... first a masculine appellation , Kâśi , as applied to the city so styled , is feminine.2 An exact parallel to this hypo- thetical evolution is not far to seek . The name of King Champa , femininized , became that of the metropolis of ...
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... first foot - note . It now appears to me rash to see , in it , proof that Benares was subordinate to Gauḍa , or anything else whatever claiming reliance . 1 Burnouf's Introduction à l'Histoire du Buddhisme Indien , Vol . I. , p . 140 ...
... first foot - note . It now appears to me rash to see , in it , proof that Benares was subordinate to Gauḍa , or anything else whatever claiming reliance . 1 Burnouf's Introduction à l'Histoire du Buddhisme Indien , Vol . I. , p . 140 ...
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ANCIENT REMAINS antiquity architraves Asiatic Aśoka Bakaríyá Kund banks Bará Barna bass-relief bathe Bengal Bisheswar Bodhi Brahmans bricks Buddha Buddhist building built capitals carved centre chaityas Cheit Singh Christian Chunar city of Benares cloister deer deities distance divine Durgá edifice enclosure entire erected excavations existence extent feet in height festival figure five formerly four Gaṇeś Ganges goddess ground held Hian Hindu Hinduism Hiouen Thsang honour hundred idolatry idols inches India inscription James Prinsep Jou-laï the Tathágata Káśí king large number Mahadeva Mahalla medan Melá miles Mohammedan monastery mosque mound native neighbourhood niches northern original ornamented persons pilgrimage pilgrims pillars portion present quadrangle Ráj Ghát Raja Rám Rámnagar regarded religion religious remarkable river road ruins sacred Sangam Sanskrit Sárnáth sculptured shrine side Siva spot square stands statue stone Stupa tank temple terrace tower Vihára Vishnu wall Warren Hastings worship