The Sacred City of the Hindus: An Account of Benares in Ancient and Modern TimesTrübner & Company, 1868 - 388 pages |
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... pass ; but , to this writer , with his bias in favour of the theological or mythopeic method of geographizing , what are , at first , only suggestions , very soon ripen into indubitable certainties : " Cette rivière [ the ' Epévveσis ] ...
... pass ; but , to this writer , with his bias in favour of the theological or mythopeic method of geographizing , what are , at first , only suggestions , very soon ripen into indubitable certainties : " Cette rivière [ the ' Epévveσis ] ...
Page xxix
... passing , of the Foě Kouě Ki . It was not , surely , to be expected , that , close to this notification , we should find — and not once only , but twice , -Po - lo - nie ( Varaņâ ) , if Po- lo - ni - sse ( Vârâṇasî ) had been intended ...
... passing , of the Foě Kouě Ki . It was not , surely , to be expected , that , close to this notification , we should find — and not once only , but twice , -Po - lo - nie ( Varaņâ ) , if Po- lo - ni - sse ( Vârâṇasî ) had been intended ...
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... pass from the sacred city into the sacred river . Nor was superstition the only motive which allured strangers to that great metropolis . Commerce had as many pilgrims as religion . All along the shores of the venerable stream lay great ...
... pass from the sacred city into the sacred river . Nor was superstition the only motive which allured strangers to that great metropolis . Commerce had as many pilgrims as religion . All along the shores of the venerable stream lay great ...
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... pass , that every solid and durable struc- ture , and every ancient stone of value , being esteemed by them as their peculiar property , has , with very few exceptions , passed into their hands . We believe it was the boast of Aláuddín ...
... pass , that every solid and durable struc- ture , and every ancient stone of value , being esteemed by them as their peculiar property , has , with very few exceptions , passed into their hands . We believe it was the boast of Aláuddín ...
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... pass in , sprinkle a few drops of water . As one enters the enclosure , several shrines are visible . The worshipper pays his homage to any god , or to all , as he may elect ; but he must of necessity approach the paramount deity of the ...
... pass in , sprinkle a few drops of water . As one enters the enclosure , several shrines are visible . The worshipper pays his homage to any god , or to all , as he may elect ; but he must of necessity approach the paramount deity of 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