The Sacred City of the Hindus: An Account of Benares in Ancient and Modern TimesTrübner & Company, 1868 - 388 pages |
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... tanks , and numerous gháts or stairs leading down to the Ganges— the legends concerning them - the peculiar customs at the temples - the ceremonies of the idolater - the modes of worship the religious festivals , and other topics ...
... tanks , and numerous gháts or stairs leading down to the Ganges— the legends concerning them - the peculiar customs at the temples - the ceremonies of the idolater - the modes of worship the religious festivals , and other topics ...
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... Tank . - Temple of the Demon Bhút - Bhairo.— Temple of Bará Gaṇeś . — Jagannath . - Satís CHAPTER IX . • · The Piśách - Mochan Tank . - Legend of the Goblin Piśách.- The Festival of Lotá - Bhanța , or the Egg - plant . - The Ghats and ...
... Tank . - Temple of the Demon Bhút - Bhairo.— Temple of Bará Gaṇeś . — Jagannath . - Satís CHAPTER IX . • · The Piśách - Mochan Tank . - Legend of the Goblin Piśách.- The Festival of Lotá - Bhanța , or the Egg - plant . - The Ghats and ...
Page xii
... Tank . - Virtue of Pilgrimage to the Rámnagar side of Benares . - Temple of Vedavyás . - Panch - kosí Road , or Sacred Boundary of Benares . - Pilgrimage of the Panch - kosí . -Sanitary condition of Benares . - Improvements suggested ...
... Tank . - Virtue of Pilgrimage to the Rámnagar side of Benares . - Temple of Vedavyás . - Panch - kosí Road , or Sacred Boundary of Benares . - Pilgrimage of the Panch - kosí . -Sanitary condition of Benares . - Improvements suggested ...
Page 69
... tank denominated , from its origin , the Chakr - pushkarni . He then engaged in the usual course of austerity , at the sight of which Shiva shook his head in astonishment , and one of his ear- rings fell ; whence the name of the ghat ...
... tank denominated , from its origin , the Chakr - pushkarni . He then engaged in the usual course of austerity , at the sight of which Shiva shook his head in astonishment , and one of his ear- rings fell ; whence the name of the ghat ...
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... Kámanánáth is connected with a de- pressed plain close by , which was formerly an extensive jhil or pond , and was then called the Machaudarí Tírth , ( or place of pilgrimage , which , like other tanks 114 BENARES , PAST AND PRESENT .
... Kámanánáth is connected with a de- pressed plain close by , which was formerly an extensive jhil or pond , and was then called the Machaudarí Tírth , ( or place of pilgrimage , which , like other tanks 114 BENARES , PAST AND PRESENT .
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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