The Sacred City of the Hindus: An Account of Benares in Ancient and Modern TimesTrübner & Company, 1868 - 388 pages |
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Page xxvi
... figures so largely , in their sacred writings , as king of Benares ' very likely was not a mythe ; but there is no ground for crediting that Gautama ever governed that city at all , notwithstanding that they represent him to have ...
... figures so largely , in their sacred writings , as king of Benares ' very likely was not a mythe ; but there is no ground for crediting that Gautama ever governed that city at all , notwithstanding that they represent him to have ...
Page 37
... figures , and of a multi- tude of grotesque , ill - shapen , and hideous objects . Some of them are wild parodies on the animal kingdom , representing imaginary creatures made up in a variety of ways . There is no city in India in which ...
... figures , and of a multi- tude of grotesque , ill - shapen , and hideous objects . Some of them are wild parodies on the animal kingdom , representing imaginary creatures made up in a variety of ways . There is no city in India in which ...
Page 41
... Figures of all forms , from a plain stone to the most fantastic shape , whole and mutilated , painted and un- painted , some without adornment , others decorated with garlands , or wet with sacred water , meet the eye in every direction ...
... Figures of all forms , from a plain stone to the most fantastic shape , whole and mutilated , painted and un- painted , some without adornment , others decorated with garlands , or wet with sacred water , meet the eye in every direction ...
Page 43
... figure , which , I ascertained , she had , with her own hands , manufactured that morning , and to which she was solemnly paying homage . Close by was a brazen vessel containing water , into which every now and then she dipped a small ...
... figure , which , I ascertained , she had , with her own hands , manufactured that morning , and to which she was solemnly paying homage . Close by was a brazen vessel containing water , into which every now and then she dipped a small ...
Page 47
... figure may not be found . The temple receiving the highest meed of honour in the whole city is that dedicated to the god Bisheś- war , or S'iva , whose image is the linga , a plain conical stone set on end . Bisheswar is the reigning ...
... figure may not be found . The temple receiving the highest meed of honour in the whole city is that dedicated to the god Bisheś- war , or S'iva , whose image is the linga , a plain conical stone set on end . Bisheswar is the reigning ...
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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