The Sacred City of the Hindus: An Account of Benares in Ancient and Modern TimesTrübner & Company, 1868 - 388 pages |
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... bodies with ashes , and practise zealously severe austerities , in order to obtain release from life and death ( that is , from transmigration ) . In the capital there are twenty ( Hindu ) temples of the gods . " 1 And now , after the ...
... bodies with ashes , and practise zealously severe austerities , in order to obtain release from life and death ( that is , from transmigration ) . In the capital there are twenty ( Hindu ) temples of the gods . " 1 And now , after the ...
Page 34
... body of water in the rainy season ; but the Así continues a small stream all the 1 वारणसी , वराणसी , वरणसी . I year round . There is another derivation current among the 34 BENARES , PAST AND PRESENT .
... body of water in the rainy season ; but the Así continues a small stream all the 1 वारणसी , वराणसी , वरणसी . I year round . There is another derivation current among the 34 BENARES , PAST AND PRESENT .
Page 49
... body bedaubed with ashes , though scarcely noticed by other people , arrests the attention of the stranger . Few of the men have much clothing upon their persons ; yet many of them , by their carriage , and by the jewels and gold with ...
... body bedaubed with ashes , though scarcely noticed by other people , arrests the attention of the stranger . Few of the men have much clothing upon their persons ; yet many of them , by their carriage , and by the jewels and gold with ...
Page 59
... body of a man . Not far from the temple of Annpúrná is the temple of Sákhí Binayaka , or the " witness - bearing Binayaka . " Pilgrims , on completing the journey of the Pánch - kosí road , must pay a visit to this shrine , in order ...
... body of a man . Not far from the temple of Annpúrná is the temple of Sákhí Binayaka , or the " witness - bearing Binayaka . " Pilgrims , on completing the journey of the Pánch - kosí road , must pay a visit to this shrine , in order ...
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... body , and gave it the name of Chakra - pushkariņí . He then proceeded to its north side , and began to practise asceticism . In the meantime , the god Mahadeva arrived , and , looking into the well , beheld in it the beauty of a ...
... body , and gave it the name of Chakra - pushkariņí . He then proceeded to its north side , and began to practise asceticism . In the meantime , the god Mahadeva arrived , and , looking into the well , beheld in it the beauty of a ...
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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