The Sacred City of the Hindus: An Account of Benares in Ancient and Modern TimesTrübner & Company, 1868 - 388 pages |
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... Image of Mahákál , or Great Fate . - The Manikarnika Well and Ghát . - Legends respecting the Well.- Temple of ... Images . - Temples of Bágeswari , Jwara- hareswar , and Siddheswar . CHAPTER VI . Benares , Káśí , and Kedár , the ...
... Image of Mahákál , or Great Fate . - The Manikarnika Well and Ghát . - Legends respecting the Well.- Temple of ... Images . - Temples of Bágeswari , Jwara- hareswar , and Siddheswar . CHAPTER VI . Benares , Káśí , and Kedár , the ...
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... Image of Tilubhanḍeswar.- Ancient mutilated Statue . - Temple of Duláreswar . - Peepul tree at Chaukí Ghát . - Swinging gods CHAPTER XIII . • Durga Kund Temple . - Bloody Sacrifices ; their meaning.- Sacred Monkeys . - Legend of Durg ...
... Image of Tilubhanḍeswar.- Ancient mutilated Statue . - Temple of Duláreswar . - Peepul tree at Chaukí Ghát . - Swinging gods CHAPTER XIII . • Durga Kund Temple . - Bloody Sacrifices ; their meaning.- Sacred Monkeys . - Legend of Durg ...
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... images is more absolute and complete than in Benares . It is remarkable , too , as showing the extent to which the spirit of idolatry has permeated all classes , that pandits and thinking men , who ought to know better , join in the ...
... images is more absolute and complete than in Benares . It is remarkable , too , as showing the extent to which the spirit of idolatry has permeated all classes , that pandits and thinking men , who ought to know better , join in the ...
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... images in immense multitudes were and are still deposited . These secondary shrines , if they be worthy of this designation , each occupied by one or more idols , are , in some parts of the city , exceedingly numerous . Figures of all ...
... images in immense multitudes were and are still deposited . These secondary shrines , if they be worthy of this designation , each occupied by one or more idols , are , in some parts of the city , exceedingly numerous . Figures of all ...
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... image in a temple , they ornament its portico and walls with deities , or arrange them in rows in the temple en- closure . You may sometimes see twenty , fifty , and even a hundred of these idols in one place , many of which will ...
... image in a temple , they ornament its portico and walls with deities , or arrange them in rows in the temple en- closure . You may sometimes see twenty , fifty , and even a hundred of these idols in one place , many of which will ...
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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