The Sacred City of the Hindus: An Account of Benares in Ancient and Modern TimesTrübner & Company, 1868 - 388 pages |
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... existence , -has a niche in the Haima - kośa , a work of the twelfth century . The Varunâ ( sic ) and Asî are named in the Calcutta edition of the Mahabharata , Bhishma - parvan , sl . 338. But , in my annotations on the English ...
... existence , -has a niche in the Haima - kośa , a work of the twelfth century . The Varunâ ( sic ) and Asî are named in the Calcutta edition of the Mahabharata , Bhishma - parvan , sl . 338. But , in my annotations on the English ...
Page xxvi
... existence . In a similar spirit , they assert , that , at the same capital ruled , in turn , eighty - four thousand mon- archs descended from Asoka.1 From these specimens it is manifest that the Buddhist scriptures are little to be ...
... existence . In a similar spirit , they assert , that , at the same capital ruled , in turn , eighty - four thousand mon- archs descended from Asoka.1 From these specimens it is manifest that the Buddhist scriptures are little to be ...
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... existence . For the sanctity of its inhabitants of its temples and reservoirs of its wells and streams - of the very soil that is trodden - of the very air that is breathed — and of everything in it and around it , Benares has been ...
... existence . For the sanctity of its inhabitants of its temples and reservoirs of its wells and streams - of the very soil that is trodden - of the very air that is breathed — and of everything in it and around it , Benares has been ...
Page 4
... existence probably in the sixth century before the Christian era , -whose annals have been kept with some decent amount of trustworthiness , 1 See Prof. Max Müller's History of Ancient Sanskrit Literature , p . 62 . we gain certain ...
... existence probably in the sixth century before the Christian era , -whose annals have been kept with some decent amount of trustworthiness , 1 See Prof. Max Müller's History of Ancient Sanskrit Literature , p . 62 . we gain certain ...
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... existence , it has long been ex- pelled from the land whence it originally sprang . Benares , however , notwithstanding this circumstance , has not ceased to retain her position as the sacred city . From the period of the revival of ...
... existence , it has long been ex- pelled from the land whence it originally sprang . Benares , however , notwithstanding this circumstance , has not ceased to retain her position as the sacred city . From the period of the revival of ...
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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