The Sacred City of the Hindus: An Account of Benares in Ancient and Modern TimesTrübner & Company, 1868 - 388 pages |
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... honoured as a piece of genuine historic evidence . Uncritically enough , I once fol- lowed the herd , myself , in this respect : see the Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal , for 1862. p . 8 , first foot - note . It now appears to ...
... honoured as a piece of genuine historic evidence . Uncritically enough , I once fol- lowed the herd , myself , in this respect : see the Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal , for 1862. p . 8 , first foot - note . It now appears to ...
Page 14
... honour of his favourite deity , painted upon his forehead , to point him out . In his very gait and step you trace ... honours , -which is not a mere freak of a deluded imagination on his part , but is acknowledged by all Hindus , some ...
... honour of his favourite deity , painted upon his forehead , to point him out . In his very gait and step you trace ... honours , -which is not a mere freak of a deluded imagination on his part , but is acknowledged by all Hindus , some ...
Page 43
... honours to them , and that , too , with the same profound reverence which they display in their devotions before the well - known deities of the temples , to throw them away . I recall to mind a remarkable instance of this . One day on ...
... honours to them , and that , too , with the same profound reverence which they display in their devotions before the well - known deities of the temples , to throw them away . I recall to mind a remarkable instance of this . One day on ...
Page 47
... honour in the whole city is that dedicated to the god Bisheś- war , or S'iva , whose image is the linga , a plain conical stone set on end . Bisheswar is the reigning deity of Benares , and , in the opinion of the people , holds the ...
... honour in the whole city is that dedicated to the god Bisheś- war , or S'iva , whose image is the linga , a plain conical stone set on end . Bisheswar is the reigning deity of Benares , and , in the opinion of the people , holds the ...
Page 54
... honour of the same deity . The bull is a gift of the Raja of Nepal ; and the temple , of the Rani of Hyderabad . On the south side of the colonnade is an iron palisade , in the enclosure of which are two small shrines , one of white ...
... honour of the same deity . The bull is a gift of the Raja of Nepal ; and the temple , of the Rani of Hyderabad . On the south side of the colonnade is an iron palisade , in the enclosure of which are two small shrines , one of white ...
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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