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
... four thousand mon- archs descended from Asoka.1 From these specimens it is manifest that the Buddhist scriptures are little to be trusted for throwing light on the history of Benares . That Buddhism , or any Buddhist king , ever ...
... four thousand mon- archs descended from Asoka.1 From these specimens it is manifest that the Buddhist scriptures are little to be trusted for throwing light on the history of Benares . That Buddhism , or any Buddhist king , ever ...
Page xxvii
... four miles by somewhat more than one . The inhabitants of the kingdom were , for the most part , Hindus . These were , mainly , worshippers of Siva ; and among them were two classes of ascetics.2 Their temples amounted to a hundred ...
... four miles by somewhat more than one . The inhabitants of the kingdom were , for the most part , Hindus . These were , mainly , worshippers of Siva ; and among them were two classes of ascetics.2 Their temples amounted to a hundred ...
Page xxxi
... four or five centuries ago , at which time Indian Buddhists must have been very rare , if there were any at all . Neither among the Hindus nor among the Jainas has one ever observed anything like that liberality of literary curiosity ...
... four or five centuries ago , at which time Indian Buddhists must have been very rare , if there were any at all . Neither among the Hindus nor among the Jainas has one ever observed anything like that liberality of literary curiosity ...
Page xxxiv
... Four of these streams , in small quantities , are believed to emerge into the Ganges , through subterraneous channels , just in front of the Panchagangâ landing . 1 Relation des Voyages , etc. , by M. Langlčs and Father Reinaud , Vol ...
... Four of these streams , in small quantities , are believed to emerge into the Ganges , through subterraneous channels , just in front of the Panchagangâ landing . 1 Relation des Voyages , etc. , by M. Langlčs and Father Reinaud , Vol ...
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... four other recluses with whom he had prac- tised austerities ; and when he saw that they were in the Isipatana wihára , near Benares , he resolved that unto them first bana should be said . At the end of sixty days , in the eighth week ...
... four other recluses with whom he had prac- tised austerities ; and when he saw that they were in the Isipatana wihára , near Benares , he resolved that unto them first bana should be said . At the end of sixty days , in the eighth week ...
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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