The Sacred City of the Hindus: An Account of Benares in Ancient and Modern TimesTrübner & Company, 1868 - 388 pages |
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Page vi
... already dawned upon the land . Portions of this work have , at various times , appeared in print , in contributions to the Calcutta Review and the Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal , and in a Lecture delivered before the Benares ...
... already dawned upon the land . Portions of this work have , at various times , appeared in print , in contributions to the Calcutta Review and the Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal , and in a Lecture delivered before the Benares ...
Page xxi
... already written : " It seems probable that the city [ of Kâsi ] was founded , not by him [ Kshattravṛiddha ] , but by his grandson or great - grandson , denominated Kâśa and Kâsi- râja . ” Mr. James Prinsep's Benares Illustrated , p . 8 ...
... already written : " It seems probable that the city [ of Kâsi ] was founded , not by him [ Kshattravṛiddha ] , but by his grandson or great - grandson , denominated Kâśa and Kâsi- râja . ” Mr. James Prinsep's Benares Illustrated , p . 8 ...
Page xxix
... already corrupt Po - lo - naď . Father Vivien de Saint - Martin , in his geographical commentary on M. Julien's translation , is pleased to substitute , for " fleuve de Po - lo - ni - sse ( Vârâṇaçî ) , " " rivičre Po - lo - ni - ssé ...
... already corrupt Po - lo - naď . Father Vivien de Saint - Martin , in his geographical commentary on M. Julien's translation , is pleased to substitute , for " fleuve de Po - lo - ni - sse ( Vârâṇaçî ) , " " rivičre Po - lo - ni - ssé ...
Page xxxii
... already distinguished as Sivapurî , “ the city of 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 ...
... already distinguished as Sivapurî , “ the city of 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 ...
Page 7
... already risen to greatness , if not to glory . Nay , she may have heard of the fame of Solomon , and have sent her ivory , her apes , and her peacocks to adorn his palaces ; while partly with her gold he may have overlaid the Temple of ...
... already risen to greatness , if not to glory . Nay , she may have heard of the fame of Solomon , and have sent her ivory , her apes , and her peacocks to adorn his palaces ; while partly with her gold he may have overlaid the Temple of ...
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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