The Sacred City of the Hindus: An Account of Benares in Ancient and Modern TimesTrübner & Company, 1868 - 388 pages |
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... niche in the Haima - kośa , a work of the twelfth century . The Varunâ ( sic ) and Asî are named in the Calcutta edition of the Mahabharata , Bhishma - parvan , sl . 338. But , in my annotations on the English translation of the Vishnu ...
... niche in the Haima - kośa , a work of the twelfth century . The Varunâ ( sic ) and Asî are named in the Calcutta edition of the Mahabharata , Bhishma - parvan , sl . 338. But , in my annotations on the English translation of the Vishnu ...
Page 41
... niches in the walls , the cavities inside and outside many of the houses , and the spaces on the gháts , in which images in immense multitudes were and are still deposited . These secondary shrines , if they be worthy of this ...
... niches in the walls , the cavities inside and outside many of the houses , and the spaces on the gháts , in which images in immense multitudes were and are still deposited . These secondary shrines , if they be worthy of this ...
Page 42
... niches abounding in the city , it would be incomparably more so to enumerate the idols actually worshipped by the people . These inferior shrines were , on one occasion , by a curious contrivance , immensely increased ; and yet the ...
... niches abounding in the city , it would be incomparably more so to enumerate the idols actually worshipped by the people . These inferior shrines were , on one occasion , by a curious contrivance , immensely increased ; and yet the ...
Page 47
... niche or corner of which his monstrous figure may not be found . The temple receiving the highest meed of honour in the whole city is that dedicated to the god Bisheś- war , or S'iva , whose image is the linga , a plain conical stone ...
... niche or corner of which his monstrous figure may not be found . The temple receiving the highest meed of honour in the whole city is that dedicated to the god Bisheś- war , or S'iva , whose image is the linga , a plain conical stone ...
Page 64
... niches , one on either side of the doorway . The trident , too , with prongs painted red , the symbol of Bhaironáth's authority , -stands up- right by the wall . The interior of the shrine consists of a small room ; and on one side of ...
... niches , one on either side of the doorway . The trident , too , with prongs painted red , the symbol of Bhaironáth's authority , -stands up- right by the wall . The interior of the shrine consists of a small room ; and on one side of ...
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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