The Sacred City of the Hindus: An Account of Benares in Ancient and Modern TimesTrübner & Company, 1868 - 388 pages |
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... seen in the fifth chapter of the Kási - khanda . Father Vivien de Saint - Martin - the genesis of whose fictitious river I trace in note 2 to p . xxviii . , - began with being disposed to make the Asî an affluent to the Varâṇâ , with a ...
... seen in the fifth chapter of the Kási - khanda . Father Vivien de Saint - Martin - the genesis of whose fictitious river I trace in note 2 to p . xxviii . , - began with being disposed to make the Asî an affluent to the Varâṇâ , with a ...
Page xxix
... seen , - notifying that the kingdom so named had aforetime been called , by mistake , Po - lo - naď ; the spelling , in passing , of the Foě Kouě Ki . It was not , surely , to be expected , that , close to this notification , we should ...
... seen , - notifying that the kingdom so named had aforetime been called , by mistake , Po - lo - naď ; the spelling , in passing , of the Foě Kouě Ki . It was not , surely , to be expected , that , close to this notification , we should ...
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... seen . The people are gentle and polished , and esteem highly those who are devoted to a studious life . The greater portion of them believe in the heretical doctrines ( of Hinduism ) , and few have respect for the Law ( religion ) ...
... seen . The people are gentle and polished , and esteem highly those who are devoted to a studious life . The greater portion of them believe in the heretical doctrines ( of Hinduism ) , and few have respect for the Law ( religion ) ...
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... seen from the river Ganges . Macaulay's graphic description of her appearance towards the close of the last century is , for the most part , applicable to her present state . He speaks of her as " a city , which , in wealth , population ...
... seen from the river Ganges . Macaulay's graphic description of her appearance towards the close of the last century is , for the most part , applicable to her present state . He speaks of her as " a city , which , in wealth , population ...
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... seen , in which self- sufficiency , a sense of superiority , and the conviction of inherent purity and sanctity are combined . He needs not the upavita or sacred Brahmanical cord thrown over the right shoulder , or even the streaks , in ...
... seen , in which self- sufficiency , a sense of superiority , and the conviction of inherent purity and sanctity are combined . He needs not the upavita or sacred Brahmanical cord thrown over the right shoulder , or even the streaks , in ...
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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-laď 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