The Sacred City of the Hindus: An Account of Benares in Ancient and Modern TimesTrübner & Company, 1868 - 388 pages |
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... directions , and announce to the world that the Supreme Buddha had appeared . Starting from the sacred city , these emis- saries of Buddhism , in obedience to his injunctions , went forth , and became the forerunners and pioneers of ...
... directions , and announce to the world that the Supreme Buddha had appeared . Starting from the sacred city , these emis- saries of Buddhism , in obedience to his injunctions , went forth , and became the forerunners and pioneers of ...
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... directions re- specting the numberless ceremonies which are performed . Every sacred spot has some peculiarity connected with it ; and it is of great moment that no punctilio should be omitted . They receive the offerings , the alms ...
... directions re- specting the numberless ceremonies which are performed . Every sacred spot has some peculiarity connected with it ; and it is of great moment that no punctilio should be omitted . They receive the offerings , the alms ...
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... direction , and are in operation throughout all classes of native society , even in this capital and fortress of idol- atry , he would imagine that the city was wholly devoted to the practice and ceremonies of heathenism , that no ray ...
... direction , and are in operation throughout all classes of native society , even in this capital and fortress of idol- atry , he would imagine that the city was wholly devoted to the practice and ceremonies of heathenism , that no ray ...
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... Hindus of their ancient build- ings in Benares , we are startled at the result of our investigations . Although the city is bestrewn with temples in every direction , in some places very thickly BENARES , PAST AND PRESENT . 31.
... Hindus of their ancient build- ings in Benares , we are startled at the result of our investigations . Although the city is bestrewn with temples in every direction , in some places very thickly BENARES , PAST AND PRESENT . 31.
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... direction , in some places very thickly , yet it would be difficult , I believe , to find twenty temples , in all Benares , of the age of Aurungzeb , or from 1658 to 1707. The same unequal proportion of old temples , as compared with ...
... direction , in some places very thickly , yet it would be difficult , I believe , to find twenty temples , in all Benares , of the age of Aurungzeb , or from 1658 to 1707. The same unequal proportion of old temples , as compared with ...
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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