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The task I have set myself is not that of discussing the religious systems existing
there , — which would be an unnecessary undertaking , it having been so
frequently accomplished by abler hands - but of giving a representation of
Benares as ...
The task I have set myself is not that of discussing the religious systems existing
there , — which would be an unnecessary undertaking , it having been so
frequently accomplished by abler hands - but of giving a representation of
Benares as ...
Page 8
Notwithstanding her destruction by fire , applied by the hand of Kșishņa , 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
...
Notwithstanding her destruction by fire , applied by the hand of Kșishņa , 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
...
Page 15
Should a low - caste man , by mistake , or from the pressure of the throng ,
approach too near to him , he cries out sharply and decisively , though not angrily
; and , in case brazen vessel in his hand , filled with water from the the Ganges ,
which ...
Should a low - caste man , by mistake , or from the pressure of the throng ,
approach too near to him , he cries out sharply and decisively , though not angrily
; and , in case brazen vessel in his hand , filled with water from the the Ganges ,
which ...
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Benares , on the contrary , is the living oracle of the nation , and governs the
Hindu with a despotic hand , in all his sacred rites and practices , about which he
is vastly more concerned than about anything else . Presiding over the religious ...
Benares , on the contrary , is the living oracle of the nation , and governs the
Hindu with a despotic hand , in all his sacred rites and practices , about which he
is vastly more concerned than about anything else . Presiding over the religious ...
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... that , during all this time , they were satisfied with only transitory symbols of
greatness , and never conceived the idea of leaving behind them durable
monuments of their power , which should hand down their name to many
generations ?
... that , during all this time , they were satisfied with only transitory symbols of
greatness , and never conceived the idea of leaving behind them durable
monuments of their power , which should hand down their name to many
generations ?
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| Title | The Sacred City of the Hindus: An Account of Benares in Ancient and Modern Times |
| Author | Matthew Atmore Sherring |
| Contributor | Fitzedward Hall |
| Publisher | Trübner & Company, 1868 |
| Original from | National Library of the Netherlands |
| Digitized | 16 Nov 2012 |
| Length | 388 pages |
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