The Sacred City of the Hindus: An Account of Benares in Ancient and Modern TimesTrübner & Company, 1868 - 388 pages |
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... hands , -but of giving a representation of Benares as she was in the past , and as she is in the present . Her early condition- her connexion with ancient Buddhism - her architectural remains her famous temples , holy wells and tanks ...
... hands , -but of giving a representation of Benares as she was in the past , and as she is in the present . Her early condition- her connexion with ancient Buddhism - her architectural remains her famous temples , holy wells and tanks ...
Page 8
... hand of Krishna , which may or may not be true , and the manifestations , in her physical aspects , of repeated changes , shiftings of site , and resuscitations , yet , as a city , no sign of feeble- ness , no symptom of impending ...
... hand of Krishna , which may or may not be true , and the manifestations , in her physical aspects , of repeated changes , shiftings of site , and resuscitations , yet , as a city , no sign of feeble- ness , no symptom of impending ...
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... hand , filled with water from the the Ganges , which he is taking to drink or for sacrifice , be touched by such a person , he immediately throws the water away , and scours the vessel thoroughly before using it again . When he prepares ...
... hand , filled with water from the the Ganges , which he is taking to drink or for sacrifice , be touched by such a person , he immediately throws the water away , and scours the vessel thoroughly before using it again . When he prepares ...
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... hand , in all his sacred rites and practices , about which he is vastly more concerned than about any- thing else . Presiding over the religious destinies of one hundred and eighty millions of people , whom she in- spires with her ...
... hand , in all his sacred rites and practices , about which he is vastly more concerned than about any- thing else . Presiding over the religious destinies of one hundred and eighty millions of people , whom she in- spires with her ...
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... hand down their name to many generations ? They must have heard of the vast structures erected in Egypt , and of the splendid palaces , and stairs , and pillars , and other edifices , with which the Assyrian monarchs adorned their ...
... hand down their name to many generations ? They must have heard of the vast structures erected in Egypt , and of the splendid palaces , and stairs , and pillars , and other edifices , with which the Assyrian monarchs adorned their ...
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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