The Sacred City of the Hindus: An Account of Benares in Ancient and Modern TimesTrübner & Company, 1868 - 388 pages |
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... persons or things pertaining to Kâsi . • Kuntî , a woman , was so called from Kunti , a man . Kâsî , according to the Vishnu - purâṇa , —see the English transla- lation , Vol . IV . , p . 159 , —was the name of the wife of Bhimasena ...
... persons or things pertaining to Kâsi . • Kuntî , a woman , was so called from Kunti , a man . Kâsî , according to the Vishnu - purâṇa , —see the English transla- lation , Vol . IV . , p . 159 , —was the name of the wife of Bhimasena ...
Page xxiii
... person in the Bhagavad - gìtá , I. , 5 , 17 . - The Rigveda affords no warrant for connecting with the Kâsis any person whom it mentions . It speaks of Divodâsa , and it speaks of Pratardana ; but only in later literature are they ...
... person in the Bhagavad - gìtá , I. , 5 , 17 . - The Rigveda affords no warrant for connecting with the Kâsis any person whom it mentions . It speaks of Divodâsa , and it speaks of Pratardana ; but only in later literature are they ...
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... persons were the first , or amongst the first , dis- ciples of this remarkable personage ; and to them he gave instructions to proceed in different directions , and announce to the world that the Supreme Buddha had appeared . Starting ...
... persons were the first , or amongst the first , dis- ciples of this remarkable personage ; and to them he gave instructions to proceed in different directions , and announce to the world that the Supreme Buddha had appeared . Starting ...
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... person , he immediately throws the water away , and scours the vessel thoroughly before using it again . When he prepares his food , - for he cooks it himself , -should a man of inferior caste , by inadvertence , or from any cause ...
... person , he immediately throws the water away , and scours the vessel thoroughly before using it again . When he prepares his food , - for he cooks it himself , -should a man of inferior caste , by inadvertence , or from any cause ...
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... person will take the trouble to ride through the city from north to south , and then all along its extensive suburbs , from the ancient fort at the junction of the Barna and the Ganges , down the road leading towards the can- 32 BENARES ...
... person will take the trouble to ride through the city from north to south , and then all along its extensive suburbs , from the ancient fort at the junction of the Barna and the Ganges , down the road leading towards the can- 32 BENARES ...
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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