The Sacred City of the Hindus: An Account of Benares in Ancient and Modern TimesTrübner & Company, 1868 - 388 pages |
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Page xxiv
... less of notoriety ; and this is , substan- tially , all that the Hindu memorials teach us . 1 The Purâņas specify but one dynasty of Kâśi kings ; a goodly catalogue , beginning , in the most authoritative of those works , with the son ...
... less of notoriety ; and this is , substan- tially , all that the Hindu memorials teach us . 1 The Purâņas specify but one dynasty of Kâśi kings ; a goodly catalogue , beginning , in the most authoritative of those works , with the son ...
Page xxxiii
... less ambitious are promised store of good things in future for repeating the Panchatîrthika daily . This consists in : ( 1 ) ablution , without disrobing , in the pool of Chakra- pushkariņî , with a propitiation - service addressed to ...
... less ambitious are promised store of good things in future for repeating the Panchatîrthika daily . This consists in : ( 1 ) ablution , without disrobing , in the pool of Chakra- pushkariņî , with a propitiation - service addressed to ...
Page xxxv
... Less familiar are Jahângîrâbâd , Mustafa'âbâd , Islâmâbâd , and Mûminâbâd , for Dacca , Rampoor , Chittagong , and Brindabun . Captain Orlich , in the tenth letter of his Reise in Ostindien , says that Akbar entertained the project of ...
... Less familiar are Jahângîrâbâd , Mustafa'âbâd , Islâmâbâd , and Mûminâbâd , for Dacca , Rampoor , Chittagong , and Brindabun . Captain Orlich , in the tenth letter of his Reise in Ostindien , says that Akbar entertained the project of ...
Page 9
... less than two hundred thousand ; but this is too low an estimate . The number of pilgrims annually visiting the city , moreover , is very large , being one hundred and fifty or two hundred thousand , and perhaps more , while the ...
... less than two hundred thousand ; but this is too low an estimate . The number of pilgrims annually visiting the city , moreover , is very large , being one hundred and fifty or two hundred thousand , and perhaps more , while the ...
Page 10
... less holy bulls . The broad and stately flights of steps which descended from these swarming haunts to the bath- ing - places along the Ganges , were worn every day by the footsteps of an innumerable multitude of worship- pers . The ...
... less holy bulls . The broad and stately flights of steps which descended from these swarming haunts to the bath- ing - places along the Ganges , were worn every day by the footsteps of an innumerable multitude of worship- pers . The ...
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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-laï 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