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Page 9
Some besmear their 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 ...
Some besmear their 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 ...
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The Varaná ( or Barna , as it is popularly called , ) contains a considerable body
of water in the rainy season ; but the Así continues a small stream all the 1
वारणसी , वराणसी , वरणसी . year round . There is another
derivation ...
The Varaná ( or Barna , as it is popularly called , ) contains a considerable body
of water in the rainy season ; but the Así continues a small stream all the 1
वारणसी , वराणसी , वरणसी . year round . There is another
derivation ...
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The faqir , too , in almost primitive nakedness , —his hair dyed and matted
together , and his body bedaubed with ashes , —though scarcely noticed by
other people , arrests the attention of the stranger . Few of the men have much
clothing ...
The faqir , too , in almost primitive nakedness , —his hair dyed and matted
together , and his body bedaubed with ashes , —though scarcely noticed by
other people , arrests the attention of the stranger . Few of the men have much
clothing ...
Page 59
... the monkey - god , in bass - relief : and , in a fourth , a figure of Gaņeś , with the
head of an elephant and the body of a man , Not far from the temple of Annpúrņá
is the temple of Sákhí Binayaka , or the “ witness - bearing Binayaka . ” Pilgrims ...
... the monkey - god , in bass - relief : and , in a fourth , a figure of Gaņeś , with the
head of an elephant and the body of a man , Not far from the temple of Annpúrņá
is the temple of Sákhí Binayaka , or the “ witness - bearing Binayaka . ” Pilgrims ...
Page 68
Gratified at the offer , Vishņu replied that his request was that Mahadeva should
always reside with him . Mahadeva , hearing this , felt greatly flattered by it , and
his body shook with delight . From the violence of the motion , an ear - ring called
...
Gratified at the offer , Vishņu replied that his request was that Mahadeva should
always reside with him . Mahadeva , hearing this , felt greatly flattered by it , and
his body shook with delight . From the violence of the motion , an ear - ring called
...
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| Title | The Sacred City of the Hindus: An Account of Benares in Ancient and Modern Times |
| Author | Matthew Atmore Sherring |
| Contributor | Fitzedward Hall |
| Publisher | Trübner & Company, 1868 |
| Original from | National Library of the Netherlands |
| Digitized | 16 Nov 2012 |
| Length | 388 pages |
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