The Sacred City of the Hindus: An Account of Benares in Ancient and Modern TimesTrübner & Company, 1868 - 388 pages |
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... offering " un reste de ressemblance qu'on entrevoit encore ŕ travers la corruption du mot ; " and , a little while afterwards , as if process of time necessarily stood for an acces- sion of facts and reasons , persuades himself that he ...
... offering " un reste de ressemblance qu'on entrevoit encore ŕ travers la corruption du mot ; " and , a little while afterwards , as if process of time necessarily stood for an acces- sion of facts and reasons , persuades himself that he ...
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... offerings , the alms , the public dinners , and the good things which devout Hin- dus are ever ready to bestow . Some of them — not a few in number — are termed " Sons of the Ganges , " and are chiefly found on the banks of that stream ...
... offerings , the alms , the public dinners , and the good things which devout Hin- dus are ever ready to bestow . Some of them — not a few in number — are termed " Sons of the Ganges , " and are chiefly found on the banks of that stream ...
Page 39
... offerings which remain in measure to the present day . Hinduism now is , externally , in a much more flourishing condition than it was then . All over North India especially , the native merchants and bankers who have prospered by ...
... offerings which remain in measure to the present day . Hinduism now is , externally , in a much more flourishing condition than it was then . All over North India especially , the native merchants and bankers who have prospered by ...
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... offerings publicly in the streets , on his way to the temple in the morning , and receives upon his forehead , from the officiating priest , the peculiar mark of his god , as the symbol of the worship he has paid him , which he wears ...
... offerings publicly in the streets , on his way to the temple in the morning , and receives upon his forehead , from the officiating priest , the peculiar mark of his god , as the symbol of the worship he has paid him , which he wears ...
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... offerings to his shrine , of which he , or rather his rapacious priests , are exceedingly fond . Although without mouth or throat , his thirst seems to be great ; for one of the most plentiful offerings presented to him is that of ...
... offerings to his shrine , of which he , or rather his rapacious priests , are exceedingly fond . Although without mouth or throat , his thirst seems to be great ; for one of the most plentiful offerings presented to him is that 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-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