The Sacred City of the Hindus: An Account of Benares in Ancient and Modern TimesTrübner & Company, 1868 - 388 pages |
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Page xvii
... give us , instead of Benares , Banâras . The form was the work , perhaps , of the Muhammadans . It should appear that the metathesis of r and ṇ , in the original word , must be later than the times of Fă Hian and Hiouen Thsang . Vide ...
... give us , instead of Benares , Banâras . The form was the work , perhaps , of the Muhammadans . It should appear that the metathesis of r and ṇ , in the original word , must be later than the times of Fă Hian and Hiouen Thsang . Vide ...
Page xxix
... give much thought to the labours of M. Julien , with- out detecting that they were never executed in contemplation of circumspect perusal . Warned by my past experience , and weigh- ing the premises just recited , I at once suspected ...
... give much thought to the labours of M. Julien , with- out detecting that they were never executed in contemplation of circumspect perusal . Warned by my past experience , and weigh- ing the premises just recited , I at once suspected ...
Page xxxv
... give this silly legend the least credence . The story looks like an addition to the tale , that , when Aurangzeb threw down the old temple of Visweswara , its phallus cast itself , unassisted , into the Jnânavâpî . 4 Raja of Ambherî ...
... give this silly legend the least credence . The story looks like an addition to the tale , that , when Aurangzeb threw down the old temple of Visweswara , its phallus cast itself , unassisted , into the Jnânavâpî . 4 Raja of Ambherî ...
Page 5
... gives the following account of the visit of Buddha to ĺsipattana : - " When Budha looked to see unto whom he should first say bana , he saw that the ascetics Alára and Uddaka were worthy ; but when he looked again to discover in what ...
... gives the following account of the visit of Buddha to ĺsipattana : - " When Budha looked to see unto whom he should first say bana , he saw that the ascetics Alára and Uddaka were worthy ; but when he looked again to discover in what ...
Page 6
... Buddhists themselves give us some glimpses of intelligence respecting the history of this city prior to the year of S'ákya's visit ; and these , although liable to some suspicion , have , nevertheless , in 6 BENARES , PAST AND PRESENT .
... Buddhists themselves give us some glimpses of intelligence respecting the history of this city prior to the year of S'ákya's visit ; and these , although liable to some suspicion , have , nevertheless , in 6 BENARES , PAST AND PRESENT .
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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