The Sacred City of the Hindus: An Account of Benares in Ancient and Modern TimesTrübner & Company, 1868 - 388 pages |
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... Grounds . - The Normal School . - The Church of England Mission . - The London Society's Mission . - The Baptist Society's Mission . - Native Schools of various classes . - The Benares Institute . - Public Buildings in the suburbs ...
... Grounds . - The Normal School . - The Church of England Mission . - The London Society's Mission . - The Baptist Society's Mission . - Native Schools of various classes . - The Benares Institute . - Public Buildings in the suburbs ...
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... ground for con- sidering Badhryaswa and Bhîmaratha to be two names of one and the same person . See the English Vishnu - purána , Vol . IV . , pp . 33 , and 145 , 146. Badhryaśwa , not Bahwaśwa , is the reading of the Vishnu - purána ...
... ground for con- sidering Badhryaswa and Bhîmaratha to be two names of one and the same person . See the English Vishnu - purána , Vol . IV . , pp . 33 , and 145 , 146. Badhryaśwa , not Bahwaśwa , is the reading of the Vishnu - purána ...
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... ground for crediting that Gautama ever governed that city at all , notwithstanding that they represent him to have reigned there during nineteen several states of existence . In a similar spirit , they assert , that , at the same ...
... ground for crediting that Gautama ever governed that city at all , notwithstanding that they represent him to have reigned there during nineteen several states of existence . In a similar spirit , they assert , that , at the same ...
Page xxxii
... ground . These spots were , however , in the neighbourhood of cities , -as Gayâ , Mathurâ , Ayo- dhyâ , and Benares , rather than in the cities them- selves ; and it was not till after Buddhism had passed its prime on Indian soil , that ...
... ground . These spots were , however , in the neighbourhood of cities , -as Gayâ , Mathurâ , Ayo- dhyâ , and Benares , rather than in the cities them- selves ; and it was not till after Buddhism had passed its prime on Indian soil , that ...
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... ground for believing that Benares , in comparison of what we now see it , with its thousand temples , 1 and their concomitants of holy harpies and willing victims , can ever have boasted a larger population , a prestige of greater ...
... ground for believing that Benares , in comparison of what we now see it , with its thousand temples , 1 and their concomitants of holy harpies and willing victims , can ever have boasted a larger population , a prestige of greater ...
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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