The Sacred City of the Hindus: An Account of Benares in Ancient and Modern TimesTrübner & Company, 1868 - 388 pages |
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... reasons , persuades himself that he may speak of une ville que Ptolémée énumère sous le nom altéré d'Erarasa , ' and that he finds , therein , " la trace bien reconnaissable de Vârânâsî , forme sanscrite de notre Bénarès . " 66 99 I ...
... reasons , persuades himself that he may speak of une ville que Ptolémée énumère sous le nom altéré d'Erarasa , ' and that he finds , therein , " la trace bien reconnaissable de Vârânâsî , forme sanscrite de notre Bénarès . " 66 99 I ...
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... reasons , to reclaim against this heedless hyperbole of encomium . Continued examination has multi- plied my arguments of protest ; and I am convinced that one will do well to use M. Julien's volumes , valuable and instructive as they ...
... reasons , to reclaim against this heedless hyperbole of encomium . Continued examination has multi- plied my arguments of protest ; and I am convinced that one will do well to use M. Julien's volumes , valuable and instructive as they ...
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... reason to believe that there were medieval Indian kings who , from motives of policy , adiaphorized between the two great classes of the faithful into which their subjects were divided . For instance , a position of practical ...
... reason to believe that there were medieval Indian kings who , from motives of policy , adiaphorized between the two great classes of the faithful into which their subjects were divided . For instance , a position of practical ...
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... reason to believe the greater part of the con- tents of the Kaśî - khanda anterior to the first attack upon Benares by Mahmûd of Ghazni . " Thus pronounces Professor Wilson , in his translation of the Vishnu - purána , Vol . I ...
... reason to believe the greater part of the con- tents of the Kaśî - khanda anterior to the first attack upon Benares by Mahmûd of Ghazni . " Thus pronounces Professor Wilson , in his translation of the Vishnu - purána , Vol . I ...
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... reason of some subtle and mysterious charm , it has linked itself with the religious sympathies of the Hindus through every century of its existence . For the sanctity of its inhabitants of its temples and reservoirs of its wells and ...
... reason of some subtle and mysterious charm , it has linked itself with the religious sympathies of the Hindus through every century of its existence . For the sanctity of its inhabitants of its temples and reservoirs of its wells and ...
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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