The Sacred City of the Hindus: An Account of Benares in Ancient and Modern TimesTrübner & Company, 1868 - 388 pages |
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... divine , state in which he imagined he found himself . The five Bhikshus , or religious hermits , men of con- siderable note in the early history of Buddhism , who had formerly been associated with him , but had subse- quently abandoned ...
... divine , state in which he imagined he found himself . The five Bhikshus , or religious hermits , men of con- siderable note in the early history of Buddhism , who had formerly been associated with him , but had subse- quently abandoned ...
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... divine honours , -which is not a mere freak of a deluded imagination on his part , but is acknowledged by all Hindus , some of whom , as he pursues his way , will stop him , and then offer to him the adoration due only to the Almighty ...
... divine honours , -which is not a mere freak of a deluded imagination on his part , but is acknowledged by all Hindus , some of whom , as he pursues his way , will stop him , and then offer to him the adoration due only to the Almighty ...
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... divine , and he will of necessity assume a bearing and demeanour different from those of ordinary mortals . In Benares there are not fewer than from twenty to twenty - five thousand Brahmans . They have control over the temples , the ...
... divine , and he will of necessity assume a bearing and demeanour different from those of ordinary mortals . In Benares there are not fewer than from twenty to twenty - five thousand Brahmans . They have control over the temples , the ...
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... Divine Master , the triumph of their cause is certain . Upwards of thirty years ago , Mr. James Prinsep , then stationed at Benares , took a census of the city , and also made a computation of the number of temples and mosques existing ...
... Divine Master , the triumph of their cause is certain . Upwards of thirty years ago , Mr. James Prinsep , then stationed at Benares , took a census of the city , and also made a computation of the number of temples and mosques existing ...
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... divine honours to them , and that , too , with the same profound reverence which they display in their devotions before the well - known deities of the temples , to throw them away . I recall to mind a remarkable instance of this . One ...
... divine honours to them , and that , too , with the same profound reverence which they display in their devotions before the well - known deities of the temples , to throw them away . I recall to mind a remarkable instance of this . One ...
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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