The Sacred City of the Hindus: An Account of Benares in Ancient and Modern TimesTrübner & Company, 1868 - 388 pages |
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... stand for Vârâṇasî , but so indeterminate is the Chinese alphabet , just as well disguise Vârâṇasî , Varâṇasî , Varaṇasî , Bârânaśî , and scores more of quadrisyllables . M. Julien allows us an option between Po - la - na - sse , Po ...
... stand for Vârâṇasî , but so indeterminate is the Chinese alphabet , just as well disguise Vârâṇasî , Varâṇasî , Varaṇasî , Bârânaśî , and scores more of quadrisyllables . M. Julien allows us an option between Po - la - na - sse , Po ...
Page 29
... stands exactly as originally placed . The columns are four in each row , and are seventy in number . They are all carved , as also , with a few exceptions , are the architraves ; and the carvings in one division are uniform . The ...
... stands exactly as originally placed . The columns are four in each row , and are seventy in number . They are all carved , as also , with a few exceptions , are the architraves ; and the carvings in one division are uniform . The ...
Page 52
... stands , Buddhist pillars , of a simple and very early type , forming recesses or rooms , but which were , originally , in all probability , cloisters , are distinctly visible . The mosque , though not small , is by no means an imposing ...
... stands , Buddhist pillars , of a simple and very early type , forming recesses or rooms , but which were , originally , in all probability , cloisters , are distinctly visible . The mosque , though not small , is by no means an imposing ...
Page 53
... stands ; but the space between the pillars has been ˇ filled up . A peepul tree , adored as a god , overhangs both the gateway and the road ; but the Hindus will not allow the Mohammedans to pluck a single leaf from it . The Government ...
... stands ; but the space between the pillars has been ˇ filled up . A peepul tree , adored as a god , overhangs both the gateway and the road ; but the Hindus will not allow the Mohammedans to pluck a single leaf from it . The Government ...
Page 55
... stands a mosque built of very old materials , the pillars of which date as far back as the Gupta period , and possibly earlier . May not these old stones and pillars be remains of the original Bisheśwar ? Formerly a communication was ...
... stands a mosque built of very old materials , the pillars of which date as far back as the Gupta period , and possibly earlier . May not these old stones and pillars be remains of the original Bisheśwar ? Formerly a communication was ...
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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