The Sacred City of the Hindus: An Account of Benares in Ancient and Modern TimesTrübner & Company, 1868 - 388 pages |
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Page xi
... Statue . - Temple of Duláreswar . - Peepul tree at Chaukí Ghát . - Swinging gods CHAPTER XIII . • Durga Kund Temple . - Bloody Sacrifices ; their meaning.- Sacred Monkeys . - Legend of Durg and Durgá . — Durgá Kuṇḍ or Tank ...
... Statue . - Temple of Duláreswar . - Peepul tree at Chaukí Ghát . - Swinging gods CHAPTER XIII . • Durga Kund Temple . - Bloody Sacrifices ; their meaning.- Sacred Monkeys . - Legend of Durg and Durgá . — Durgá Kuṇḍ or Tank ...
Page xii
... Statues and Bass - reliefs . — Excavated Chamber.— Foundation of an Ancient Tower - Major - General Cunning- ham's Description of it . - The Chaukandí Tower . — The l'śipat- tana Hall , or abode of Buddhist Devotees . - Remains of ...
... Statues and Bass - reliefs . — Excavated Chamber.— Foundation of an Ancient Tower - Major - General Cunning- ham's Description of it . - The Chaukandí Tower . — The l'śipat- tana Hall , or abode of Buddhist Devotees . - Remains of ...
Page xxviii
... statue of Siva , a hundred feet in height . We are not apprised whether there were any sacred edifices of the pilgrim's fellow- religionists in the capital itself ; and the obvious in- ference is , that there were none , or none worth ...
... statue of Siva , a hundred feet in height . We are not apprised whether there were any sacred edifices of the pilgrim's fellow- religionists in the capital itself ; and the obvious in- ference is , that there were none , or none worth ...
Page 25
... statues and other sculptured stones were removed from Sárnáth and thrown into the river , to serve as a breakwater to the piers ; and that , in the erection of the second bridge , the iron one , from fifty to sixty cart - loads of ...
... statues and other sculptured stones were removed from Sárnáth and thrown into the river , to serve as a breakwater to the piers ; and that , in the erection of the second bridge , the iron one , from fifty to sixty cart - loads of ...
Page 26
... statue , inserted into recent walls , deposited over drains , or lying neglected by the side of the road , there is nothing of an ancient character visible through- out a very large section of it . Yet all the northern quarter of the ...
... statue , inserted into recent walls , deposited over drains , or lying neglected by the side of the road , there is nothing of an ancient character visible through- out a very large section of it . Yet all the northern quarter of the ...
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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