The Sacred City of the Hindus: An Account of Benares in Ancient and Modern TimesTrübner & Company, 1868 - 388 pages |
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... goddess Annpúrná and her temple.- Temples of Ganeś and Sukresśwar CHAPTER IV . Temple of Bhaironáth , the god - magistrate of Benares.— Danḍpán , or the Deified Staff . - Temple of the Planet . - Kál- kúp , or Well of Fate . - Image of ...
... goddess Annpúrná and her temple.- Temples of Ganeś and Sukresśwar CHAPTER IV . Temple of Bhaironáth , the god - magistrate of Benares.— Danḍpán , or the Deified Staff . - Temple of the Planet . - Kál- kúp , or Well of Fate . - Image of ...
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... Goddess of the City of Benares . - Karn- ghaṇṭa Táláo or Tank . - Temple of the Demon Bhút - Bhairo.— Temple of Bará Gaṇeś . — Jagannath . - Satís CHAPTER IX . • · The Piśách - Mochan Tank . - Legend of the Goblin Piśách.- The Festival ...
... Goddess of the City of Benares . - Karn- ghaṇṭa Táláo or Tank . - Temple of the Demon Bhút - Bhairo.— Temple of Bará Gaṇeś . — Jagannath . - Satís CHAPTER IX . • · The Piśách - Mochan Tank . - Legend of the Goblin Piśách.- The Festival ...
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... goddess Annpúrna and her temple . - Temples of Ganes and S'ukreswar . - THE form of religion prevailing among the Hindus in Benares , and throughout a large portion of India , is Puranic , which , in all probability , originated in the ...
... goddess Annpúrna and her temple . - Temples of Ganes and S'ukreswar . - THE form of religion prevailing among the Hindus in Benares , and throughout a large portion of India , is Puranic , which , in all probability , originated in the ...
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... goddess of plenty , my attention was arrested by an aged woman seated on the ground in front of a small clay figure , which , I ascertained , she had , with her own hands , manufactured that morning , and to which she was solemnly ...
... goddess of plenty , my attention was arrested by an aged woman seated on the ground in front of a small clay figure , which , I ascertained , she had , with her own hands , manufactured that morning , and to which she was solemnly ...
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... goddess Yoganí in sixty - four , Durgá in nine , Bhairo in eight , S'iva in eleven , Vishņu in one , and the Sun in twelve ; all which date from the mythical period , when Divodása , the famous Raja of Benares , whose name is a ...
... goddess Yoganí in sixty - four , Durgá in nine , Bhairo in eight , S'iva in eleven , Vishņu in one , and the Sun in twelve ; all which date from the mythical period , when Divodása , the famous Raja of Benares , whose name is a ...
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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