The Sacred City of the Hindus: An Account of Benares in Ancient and Modern TimesTrübner & Company, 1868 - 388 pages |
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Page 26
... bass - relief or statue , inserted into recent walls , deposited over drains , or lying neglected by the side of the road , there is nothing of an ancient character visible through- out a very large section of it . Yet all the northern ...
... bass - relief or statue , inserted into recent walls , deposited over drains , or lying neglected by the side of the road , there is nothing of an ancient character visible through- out a very large section of it . Yet all the northern ...
Page 59
... bass - relief : and , in a fourth , a figure of Gaṇeś , with the head of an elephant and the body of a man . Not far from the temple of Annpúrná is the temple of Sákhí Binayaka , or the " witness - bearing Binayaka . " Pilgrims , on ...
... bass - relief : and , in a fourth , a figure of Gaṇeś , with the head of an elephant and the body of a man . Not far from the temple of Annpúrná is the temple of Sákhí Binayaka , or the " witness - bearing Binayaka . " Pilgrims , on ...
Page 65
... bass - relief , representing seven sisters ; for this dreaded goddess is , in reality a seven - fold deity . She has four temples devoted to her worship in Benares . A short distance east of Bhaironáth , and between it and Danḍpán , is ...
... bass - relief , representing seven sisters ; for this dreaded goddess is , in reality a seven - fold deity . She has four temples devoted to her worship in Benares . A short distance east of Bhaironáth , and between it and Danḍpán , is ...
Page 89
... bass - relief . One has , apparently , four legs , and is graced with a nimbus . The other is in an erect posture , with a chatr or umbrella over its head . I have grave doubts respecting the Hindu origin of these idols and of some of ...
... bass - relief . One has , apparently , four legs , and is graced with a nimbus . The other is in an erect posture , with a chatr or umbrella over its head . I have grave doubts respecting the Hindu origin of these idols and of some of ...
Page 105
... bass - relief . This divinity was formerly one of considerable repute , but , from some unknown circumstance , was destroyed , together with her shrine ; so that no remains of the one or of the other can be discovered . The goddess ...
... bass - relief . This divinity was formerly one of considerable repute , but , from some unknown circumstance , was destroyed , together with her shrine ; so that no remains of the one or of the other can be discovered . The goddess ...
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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