The Sacred City of the Hindus: An Account of Benares in Ancient and Modern TimesTrübner & Company, 1868 - 388 pages |
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... Brahman . — Sons of the Ganges . - Devotees and pilgrims . -Benares , the religious centre of India - CHAPTER II . No Architectural remains dating prior to the third century before Christ yet found in India . - Ancient Hindu Edifices of ...
... Brahman . — Sons of the Ganges . - Devotees and pilgrims . -Benares , the religious centre of India - CHAPTER II . No Architectural remains dating prior to the third century before Christ yet found in India . - Ancient Hindu Edifices of ...
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... Brahman .. - CHAPTER VII . Panchgangá Ghát . - Legends respecting it . — Lakshmaṇbálá Temple . The Minarets . - Temple of Kámeśwar . - The Machau- darí Tírth or Place of Pilgrimage . • 37 61 82 3383 93 107 CHAPTER VIII . Temple of ...
... Brahman .. - CHAPTER VII . Panchgangá Ghát . - Legends respecting it . — Lakshmaṇbálá Temple . The Minarets . - Temple of Kámeśwar . - The Machau- darí Tírth or Place of Pilgrimage . • 37 61 82 3383 93 107 CHAPTER VIII . Temple of ...
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... Brahmans , and beggars ; ( 2 ) reverential salutation to Âditya , Drau- padî , Vishnu , Daṇḍapâņi , and Maheswara ; ( 3 ) visual contemplation of Dhundhivinayaka ; ( 4 ) a dip of the fingers in the Jnânavâpî well , with adoration of ...
... Brahmans , and beggars ; ( 2 ) reverential salutation to Âditya , Drau- padî , Vishnu , Daṇḍapâņi , and Maheswara ; ( 3 ) visual contemplation of Dhundhivinayaka ; ( 4 ) a dip of the fingers in the Jnânavâpî well , with adoration of ...
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... Brahman . - Sons of the Ganges . -Devotees and pilgrims . - Benares , the religious centre of India . THE early history of Benares is involved in much obscurity . It is , indisputably , a place of great antiquity , and may even date ...
... Brahman . - Sons of the Ganges . -Devotees and pilgrims . - Benares , the religious centre of India . THE early history of Benares is involved in much obscurity . It is , indisputably , a place of great antiquity , and may even date ...
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... ( Brahman ) ascetics . " " P. 187 . It is plain that Benares must have been , at this time , a city of power and importance , the weight of whose opinions on religious topics was very considerable in the country generally ; and ...
... ( Brahman ) ascetics . " " P. 187 . It is plain that Benares must have been , at this time , a city of power and importance , the weight of whose opinions on religious topics was very considerable in the country generally ; and ...
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