The Sacred City of the Hindus: An Account of Benares in Ancient and Modern TimesTrübner & Company, 1868 - 388 pages |
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... Monastery . - Tank of Bhairo.- Lát or Pillar of Siva . - Ancient Pillar . - Account of Dis- turbance in Benares when the Pillar was thrown down . - The Ghazeepore Road . - Ancient Bridge over the Barna CHAPTER XVI . • Sivála Ghát ...
... Monastery . - Tank of Bhairo.- Lát or Pillar of Siva . - Ancient Pillar . - Account of Dis- turbance in Benares when the Pillar was thrown down . - The Ghazeepore Road . - Ancient Bridge over the Barna CHAPTER XVI . • Sivála Ghát ...
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... monastery . - Small Building , containing Sixty Sculp- tures . - The Seal Chaityas . - The Buddhist Formula . - Sákya Muni , the historical Buddha - His visit to Benares . - Spread of Buddhism from Benares . - Decline of Buddhism in ...
... monastery . - Small Building , containing Sixty Sculp- tures . - The Seal Chaityas . - The Buddhist Formula . - Sákya Muni , the historical Buddha - His visit to Benares . - Spread of Buddhism from Benares . - Decline of Buddhism in ...
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... monasteries ; and yet its indefiniteness easily endures this interpretation . So I am informed by Professor Summers , my obligations to whom I shall presently acknowledge in connexion with a matter of graver import . And this ...
... monasteries ; and yet its indefiniteness easily endures this interpretation . So I am informed by Professor Summers , my obligations to whom I shall presently acknowledge in connexion with a matter of graver import . And this ...
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... monasteries , towers , and reser- voirs of the immediate vicinity , 2 hallowed by Buddhist One need do no more than ... monastery at the distance of " environ dix li au nord - est du fleuve de Po - lo - ni - sse ( Vârâṇaçî ) . ” In a ...
... monasteries , towers , and reser- voirs of the immediate vicinity , 2 hallowed by Buddhist One need do no more than ... monastery at the distance of " environ dix li au nord - est du fleuve de Po - lo - ni - sse ( Vârâṇaçî ) . ” In a ...
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... monastery , now known as Sárnáth . This may have been in the sixth cen- tury B.C. Here he announced the change which had come upon him , and the transcendental and superhuman , not to say divine , state in which he imagined he found ...
... monastery , now known as Sárnáth . This may have been in the sixth cen- tury B.C. Here he announced the change which had come upon him , and the transcendental and superhuman , not to say divine , state in which he imagined he found ...
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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