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Page v
In Benares, Buddhism was first promulgated; in Benares, Hinduism has had her
home in the bosom of her most impassioned votaries. This city, therefore, has
given impulse and vigour to the two religions which to this day govern half the
world.
In Benares, Buddhism was first promulgated; in Benares, Hinduism has had her
home in the bosom of her most impassioned votaries. This city, therefore, has
given impulse and vigour to the two religions which to this day govern half the
world.
Page vi
The task I have set myself is not that of discussing the religious systems existing
there,— which would be an unnecessary undertaking, it having been so
frequently accomplished by abler hands,—but of giving a representation of
Benares as ...
The task I have set myself is not that of discussing the religious systems existing
there,— which would be an unnecessary undertaking, it having been so
frequently accomplished by abler hands,—but of giving a representation of
Benares as ...
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Connexion of Benares with the religious history of half the human race. —- Its
connexion with Buddhism. —Life and labours of Buddha.-—Benares subsequent
to the fall of Buddhism in India. —The Brahman.»—Sons of the Ganges.
Connexion of Benares with the religious history of half the human race. —- Its
connexion with Buddhism. —Life and labours of Buddha.-—Benares subsequent
to the fall of Buddhism in India. —The Brahman.»—Sons of the Ganges.
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Gunga-putras, or sons of the Ganges-Literary and Religious Societies amongst
the natives.—The Benares Institute—Nature of its discussions.—Lecture of Pandit
Lakshmaji—His account of the consequences of Hinduism.—Efl'ect of Missions ...
Gunga-putras, or sons of the Ganges-Literary and Religious Societies amongst
the natives.—The Benares Institute—Nature of its discussions.—Lecture of Pandit
Lakshmaji—His account of the consequences of Hinduism.—Efl'ect of Missions ...
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are stated to have been much in the minority, kept up thirty religious houses,
tenanted by three thousand inmates, all of the Sammatiya sect. In the capital1
were twenty Hindu temples, and a latten statue of Siva, a hundred feet in height.
We are ...
are stated to have been much in the minority, kept up thirty religious houses,
tenanted by three thousand inmates, all of the Sammatiya sect. In the capital1
were twenty Hindu temples, and a latten statue of Siva, a hundred feet in height.
We are ...
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| Title | The Sacred City of the Hindus: An Account of Benares in Ancient and Modern Times |
| Author | Matthew Atmore Sherring |
| Contributor | Fitz-Edward Hall |
| Publisher | Trübner, 1868 |
| Original from | National Library of the Netherlands |
| Digitized | 16 Nov 2012 |
| Length | 388 pages |
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