The Sacred City of the Hindus: An Account of Benares in Ancient and Modern TimesTrübner & Company, 1868 - 388 pages |
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Page 28
... represented in other buildings ; but I cannot now further enlarge on them . The first class of pillars , however , must , I contend , be of a much earlier date than the other . Yet it does not follow that this latter class belongs ...
... represented in other buildings ; but I cannot now further enlarge on them . The first class of pillars , however , must , I contend , be of a much earlier date than the other . Yet it does not follow that this latter class belongs ...
Page 37
... representing imaginary creatures made up in a variety of ways . There is no city in India in which the reverence paid to images is more absolute and complete than in Benares . It is remarkable , too , as showing the extent to which the ...
... representing imaginary creatures made up in a variety of ways . There is no city in India in which the reverence paid to images is more absolute and complete than in Benares . It is remarkable , too , as showing the extent to which the ...
Page 46
... representing , in their own persons , the complete results of their strange religion . To speak plainly , and yet without extravagance , the moral nature of such Hindus has become so distorted , that , to a large extent , they have ...
... representing , in their own persons , the complete results of their strange religion . To speak plainly , and yet without extravagance , the moral nature of such Hindus has become so distorted , that , to a large extent , they have ...
Page 56
... representing that their revenues would greatly suffer , were it to be kept permanently shut , permission was given for it to be opened once a week , namely , every Monday . This neighbourhood is exceedingly rich in temples of most ...
... representing that their revenues would greatly suffer , were it to be kept permanently shut , permission was given for it to be opened once a week , namely , every Monday . This neighbourhood is exceedingly rich in temples of most ...
Page 59
... representing the Sun is seated in a chariot drawn by seven horses , and is surrounded by a glory indicative of the rays of light which he emits from his person in all directions . In a second corner is another shrine , in which is an ...
... representing the Sun is seated in a chariot drawn by seven horses , and is surrounded by a glory indicative of the rays of light which he emits from his person in all directions . In a second corner is another shrine , in which is an ...
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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