The Sacred City of the Hindus: An Account of Benares in Ancient and Modern TimesTrübner & Company, 1868 - 388 pages |
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... worship the religious festivals , and other topics , illustrative of the character which Benares maintains as the sacred city of India , are dwelt upon , with some amount of detail , in this volume . I have deemed it of moment , also ...
... worship the religious festivals , and other topics , illustrative of the character which Benares maintains as the sacred city of India , are dwelt upon , with some amount of detail , in this volume . I have deemed it of moment , also ...
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... worship . " Translation of the Vishņu - purâna , Book V. , Chapter XXXIV . , last note . In the twelfth century , as we learn from the Haima - kośa , Benares was already distinguished as Sivapurî , “ the city of Siva ; " and we may ...
... worship . " Translation of the Vishņu - purâna , Book V. , Chapter XXXIV . , last note . In the twelfth century , as we learn from the Haima - kośa , Benares was already distinguished as Sivapurî , “ the city of Siva ; " and we may ...
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... idols in above a thousand temples , he purified and consecrated the latter to the worship of the true God . " Colonel Briggs's translation from Farishta , Vol . I. , p . 179 . many centuries , is well - nigh a blank . xxxiv INTRODUCTION .
... idols in above a thousand temples , he purified and consecrated the latter to the worship of the true God . " Colonel Briggs's translation from Farishta , Vol . I. , p . 179 . many centuries , is well - nigh a blank . xxxiv INTRODUCTION .
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... worship the god Ta - tseu - thsaï ( Maheswara ) . Some cut off their hair ; others preserve a tuft upon the crown of the head , go naked , and are destitute of any kind of clothing . Some besmear their bodies with ashes , and practise ...
... worship the god Ta - tseu - thsaï ( Maheswara ) . Some cut off their hair ; others preserve a tuft upon the crown of the head , go naked , and are destitute of any kind of clothing . Some besmear their bodies with ashes , and practise ...
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... worship- pers . The schools and temples drew crowds of pious Hindus from every province where the Brahminical faith . was known . Hundreds of devotees came thither every month to die ; for it was believed that a peculiarly happy fate ...
... worship- pers . The schools and temples drew crowds of pious Hindus from every province where the Brahminical faith . was known . Hundreds of devotees came thither every month to die ; for it was believed that a peculiarly happy fate ...
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