The Sacred City of the Hindus: An Account of Benares in Ancient and Modern TimesTrübner & Company, 1868 - 388 pages |
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Page vii
... Head Master of the Government Normal School , Benares , for his excellent photographs of the city , from which the illustrations of this volume have been taken . M. A. SHERRING . July 2nd , 1868 . CONTENTS . Preface . Introduction - BY ...
... Head Master of the Government Normal School , Benares , for his excellent photographs of the city , from which the illustrations of this volume have been taken . M. A. SHERRING . July 2nd , 1868 . CONTENTS . Preface . Introduction - BY ...
Page 9
... head , go naked , and are destitute of any kind of clothing . Some besmear their bodies with ashes , and practise zealously severe austerities , in order to obtain release from life and death ( that is , from transmigration ) . In the ...
... head , go naked , and are destitute of any kind of clothing . Some besmear their bodies with ashes , and practise zealously severe austerities , in order to obtain release from life and death ( that is , from transmigration ) . In the ...
Page 43
... and to which she was solemnly paying homage . Close by was a brazen vessel containing water , into which every now and then she dipped a small spoon , and then gently poured a few drops upon the head of BENARES , PAST AND PRESENT . 43.
... and to which she was solemnly paying homage . Close by was a brazen vessel containing water , into which every now and then she dipped a small spoon , and then gently poured a few drops upon the head of BENARES , PAST AND PRESENT . 43.
Page 44
... head of the image . She then reverently folded her hands , and mut- tered words of prayer , occasionally moving one hand to her face , and with finger and thumb compressing her two . nostrils , in order that , holding her breath as far ...
... head of the image . She then reverently folded her hands , and mut- tered words of prayer , occasionally moving one hand to her face , and with finger and thumb compressing her two . nostrils , in order that , holding her breath as far ...
Page 48
... head , save a long tuft depending from his crown behind , the sacred cord being thrown over one shoulder or ear , and the symbol of S'iva being displayed upon his forehead , —who performs his devotions with 48 BENARES , PAST AND PRESENT .
... head , save a long tuft depending from his crown behind , the sacred cord being thrown over one shoulder or ear , and the symbol of S'iva being displayed upon his forehead , —who performs his devotions with 48 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-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