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Remains of Buddhist Monastery . - Tank of Bhairo.Lát or Pillar of Siva . — Ancient Pillar .-- Account of Disturbance in Benares when the Pillar was thrown down . — The Ghazeepore Road .-- Ancient Bridge over the Barna 184 CHAPTER XVI .
Remains of Buddhist Monastery . - Tank of Bhairo.Lát or Pillar of Siva . — Ancient Pillar .-- Account of Disturbance in Benares when the Pillar was thrown down . — The Ghazeepore Road .-- Ancient Bridge over the Barna 184 CHAPTER XVI .
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or Temple - monastery . — Small Building , containing Sixty Sculptures . The Seal Chaityas . - The Buddhist Formula .-- Sákya Muni , the historical Buddha - His visit to Benares .-- Spread of Buddhism from Benares .
or Temple - monastery . — Small Building , containing Sixty Sculptures . The Seal Chaityas . - The Buddhist Formula .-- Sákya Muni , the historical Buddha - His visit to Benares .-- Spread of Buddhism from Benares .
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The Chinese does not , to be sure , as the translator at first expressed it , literally quarter the aforesaid heretics in the temples , or , rather , monasteries ; and yet its indefiniteness easily endures this interpretation .
The Chinese does not , to be sure , as the translator at first expressed it , literally quarter the aforesaid heretics in the temples , or , rather , monasteries ; and yet its indefiniteness easily endures this interpretation .
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On the monasteries , towers , and reservoirs of the immediate vicinity , ' hallowed by Buddhist 1 associations ... et à l'occident du fleuve de Po - lo - ni - 8se ( Vârâņaçî ) , ” and tells of a certain monastery at the distance of ...
On the monasteries , towers , and reservoirs of the immediate vicinity , ' hallowed by Buddhist 1 associations ... et à l'occident du fleuve de Po - lo - ni - 8se ( Vârâņaçî ) , ” and tells of a certain monastery at the distance of ...
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... on attaining the mysterious condition of Buddhahood under the Bodhi tree in the neighbourhood of Gayá , travelled to Benares , and proceeded to the Ísipattana Vihara , or monastery , now known as Sárnáth . This may have been in the ...
... on attaining the mysterious condition of Buddhahood under the Bodhi tree in the neighbourhood of Gayá , travelled to Benares , and proceeded to the Ísipattana Vihara , or monastery , now known as Sárnáth . This may have been in the ...
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| Title | The Sacred City of the Hindus: An Account of Benares in Ancient and Modern Times |
| Author | Matthew Atmore Sherring |
| Contributor | Fitzedward Hall |
| Publisher | Trübner & Company, 1868 |
| Original from | National Library of the Netherlands |
| Digitized | 16 Nov 2012 |
| Length | 388 pages |
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