The Sacred City of the Hindus: An Account of Benares in Ancient and Modern TimesTrübner & Company, 1868 - 388 pages |
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Page xvii
... latter of these vocabularies is of small authority . A rational system of Romanized spelling would give us , instead of Benares , Banâras . The form was the work , perhaps , of the Muhammadans . It should appear that the metathesis of r ...
... latter of these vocabularies is of small authority . A rational system of Romanized spelling would give us , instead of Benares , Banâras . The form was the work , perhaps , of the Muhammadans . It should appear that the metathesis of r ...
Page xxi
... latter name Professor Wilson everywhere puts , erroneously , for " King Kâśi . " See note 7 in the present page . See the English Vishnu - purána , Vol . IV . , pp . 30-32 . 4 Compare Mâṇḍűkeya , from Mâṇḍűka ; and Swâphalki , from ...
... latter name Professor Wilson everywhere puts , erroneously , for " King Kâśi . " See note 7 in the present page . See the English Vishnu - purána , Vol . IV . , pp . 30-32 . 4 Compare Mâṇḍűkeya , from Mâṇḍűka ; and Swâphalki , from ...
Page xxiii
... latter as Kásirája , he may have expressed himself metachronically , under the influence of a modern tradition which he and his contemporaries accepted . As to the former , we find , indeed , in post - vaidik books , two Divodâsas ...
... latter as Kásirája , he may have expressed himself metachronically , under the influence of a modern tradition which he and his contemporaries accepted . As to the former , we find , indeed , in post - vaidik books , two Divodâsas ...
Page xxxiv
... above a thousand temples , he purified and consecrated the latter to the worship of the true God . " Colonel Briggs's translation from Farishta , Vol . I. , p . 179 . many centuries , is well - nigh a blank . xxxiv INTRODUCTION .
... above a thousand temples , he purified and consecrated the latter to the worship of the true God . " Colonel Briggs's translation from Farishta , Vol . I. , p . 179 . many centuries , is well - nigh a blank . xxxiv INTRODUCTION .
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... he looked again to discover in what place they were , he perceived that the former had been dead seven days , and that the latter had died the day before ; and that as they were now in an arúpa world , they BENARES , PAST AND PRESENT . 5.
... he looked again to discover in what place they were , he perceived that the former had been dead seven days , and that the latter had died the day before ; and that as they were now in an arúpa world , they BENARES , PAST AND PRESENT . 5.
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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