The Sacred City of the Hindus: An Account of Benares in Ancient and Modern TimesTrübner & Company, 1868 - 388 pages |
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Page xiv
... " of M. Stanislas Julien , translator of the original Chinese work · 341 364 366 APPENDIX C. Further information concerning Divodás INDEX . 381 382 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS . RAJA OF AHMETY'S TEMPLE TEMPLE AT xiv CONTENTS .
... " of M. Stanislas Julien , translator of the original Chinese work · 341 364 366 APPENDIX C. Further information concerning Divodás INDEX . 381 382 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS . RAJA OF AHMETY'S TEMPLE TEMPLE AT xiv CONTENTS .
Page xvii
... original word , must be later than the times of Fă Hian and Hiouen Thsang . Vide infra , p . xxviii . , notes 1 and 2 . In the ordinary belief of the vulgar of Benares , the name of their city is connected with Raja Banâr , -a mythical ...
... original word , must be later than the times of Fă Hian and Hiouen Thsang . Vide infra , p . xxviii . , notes 1 and 2 . In the ordinary belief of the vulgar of Benares , the name of their city is connected with Raja Banâr , -a mythical ...
Page xxv
... that we are forbidden to suppose they were in the original ; but they provoke the surmise that the interspersed patches of the record which read as if correct 2 Flagrant as is the exaggeration of the Hindus , INTRODUCTION . XXV.
... that we are forbidden to suppose they were in the original ; but they provoke the surmise that the interspersed patches of the record which read as if correct 2 Flagrant as is the exaggeration of the Hindus , INTRODUCTION . XXV.
Page xxviii
... original is , sometimes , of the vaguest . 1 Its name is not specified . Fă Hian — of the beginning of the fifth century , and so an earlier traveller than Hiouen Thsang , -is translated as speaking of " la ville de Pho lo naï , dans le ...
... original is , sometimes , of the vaguest . 1 Its name is not specified . Fă Hian — of the beginning of the fifth century , and so an earlier traveller than Hiouen Thsang , -is translated as speaking of " la ville de Pho lo naï , dans le ...
Page xxix
... original , the passage or passages containing it being left undesig- nated by the translator . No one can give much thought to the labours of M. Julien , with- out detecting that they were never executed in contemplation of circumspect ...
... original , the passage or passages containing it being left undesig- nated by the translator . No one can give much thought to the labours of M. Julien , with- out detecting that they were never executed in contemplation of circumspect ...
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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