The Sacred City of the Hindus: An Account of Benares in Ancient and Modern TimesTrübner & Company, 1868 - 388 pages |
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... Siva . - Ancient Pillar . - Account of Dis- turbance in Benares when the Pillar was thrown down . - The Ghazeepore Road . - Ancient Bridge over the Barna CHAPTER XVI . • Sivála Ghát . — The Old Fort . - Raja Cheit Singh ; History of his ...
... Siva . - Ancient Pillar . - Account of Dis- turbance in Benares when the Pillar was thrown down . - The Ghazeepore Road . - Ancient Bridge over the Barna CHAPTER XVI . • Sivála Ghát . — The Old Fort . - Raja Cheit Singh ; History of his ...
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... Siva . If , where they interpret Kâsî by " splendid , " Colonel Wilford and his numerous followers intend to take the word from the adjec- tive káśin , they have forgotten that the feminine is not káść , but káśini . See the Asiatic ...
... Siva . If , where they interpret Kâsî by " splendid , " Colonel Wilford and his numerous followers intend to take the word from the adjec- tive káśin , they have forgotten that the feminine is not káść , but káśini . See the Asiatic ...
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... Siva ; and among them were two classes of ascetics.2 Their temples amounted to a hundred , which gave lodgement to about ten thousand devotees . " The Buddhists , who 1 " About four thousand lis . " On the length of the li , consult ...
... Siva ; and among them were two classes of ascetics.2 Their temples amounted to a hundred , which gave lodgement to about ten thousand devotees . " The Buddhists , who 1 " About four thousand lis . " On the length of the li , consult ...
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... Siva , a hundred feet in height . We are not apprised whether there were any sacred edifices of the pilgrim's fellow- religionists in the capital itself ; and the obvious in- ference is , that there were none , or none worth com ...
... Siva , a hundred feet in height . We are not apprised whether there were any sacred edifices of the pilgrim's fellow- religionists in the capital itself ; and the obvious in- ference is , that there were none , or none worth com ...
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... Siva ; " and we may thence gather that the worship of S'iva especially predominated there at that time . 3 " There is every reason to believe the greater part of the con- tents of the Kaśî - khanda anterior to the first attack upon ...
... Siva ; " and we may thence gather that the worship of S'iva especially predominated there at that time . 3 " There is every reason to believe the greater part of the con- tents of the Kaśî - khanda anterior to the first attack upon ...
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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-laď 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