The Sacred City of the Hindus: An Account of Benares in Ancient and Modern TimesTrübner & Company, 1868 - 388 pages |
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... hundred years , at the least , so , in all likelihood , she is destined to retain that position in the new era of en- lightenment which has already dawned upon the land . Portions of this work have , at various times , appeared in print ...
... hundred years , at the least , so , in all likelihood , she is destined to retain that position in the new era of en- lightenment which has already dawned upon the land . Portions of this work have , at various times , appeared in print ...
Page xvii
... hundred and twenty years before our era , Vârâņasî , as denoting a city , has been a name 1 Vide infra , p . xxv . , note 1 . 2 Also called Varâṇasî and Varanasî , according to the Haima - kośa and the Sabdaratnávali , respectively ...
... hundred and twenty years before our era , Vârâņasî , as denoting a city , has been a name 1 Vide infra , p . xxv . , note 1 . 2 Also called Varâṇasî and Varanasî , according to the Haima - kośa and the Sabdaratnávali , respectively ...
Page xviii
... hundred years ago . Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal , for 1863 , Supplementary Number , p . xcvi . 1 Vârânasî is specified more than once in Patanjali's Mahábháshya . On the age of that work , see my edition of Professor ...
... hundred years ago . Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal , for 1863 , Supplementary Number , p . xcvi . 1 Vârânasî is specified more than once in Patanjali's Mahábháshya . On the age of that work , see my edition of Professor ...
Page xxvii
... hundred miles , ' while its capital measured nearly four miles by somewhat more than one . The inhabitants of the kingdom were , for the most part , Hindus . These were , mainly , worshippers of Siva ; and among them were two classes of ...
... hundred miles , ' while its capital measured nearly four miles by somewhat more than one . The inhabitants of the kingdom were , for the most part , Hindus . These were , mainly , worshippers of Siva ; and among them were two classes of ...
Page xxviii
... hundred feet in height . We are not apprised whether there were any sacred edifices of the pilgrim's fellow- religionists in the capital itself ; and the obvious in- ference is , that there were none , or none worth com- memorating . On ...
... hundred feet in height . We are not apprised whether there were any sacred edifices of the pilgrim's fellow- religionists in the capital itself ; and the obvious in- ference is , that there were none , or none worth com- memorating . On ...
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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