Benares, the Sacred City: Sketches of Hindu Life and ReligionW. Thacker, 1912 - 226 pages |
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... stone , sur- mounted by a tower of brick faced with stone , or perhaps by the curvilinear sikra , or spire , similar to that of modern Jain and Hindu temples in northern India , which was crowned by the melon - shaped amālika wrought in ...
... stone , sur- mounted by a tower of brick faced with stone , or perhaps by the curvilinear sikra , or spire , similar to that of modern Jain and Hindu temples in northern India , which was crowned by the melon - shaped amālika wrought in ...
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... stone testified to the fury of the invaders . In the neighbourhood of the column there are now being unearthed the ... stone , illustrated on page 51 , represents him as the preacher , expounding the truth to his fellow - Bhiksus in the ...
... stone testified to the fury of the invaders . In the neighbourhood of the column there are now being unearthed the ... stone , illustrated on page 51 , represents him as the preacher , expounding the truth to his fellow - Bhiksus in the ...
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... stone steps , great stone piers and wooden platforms jutting out into the sacred stream , dotted over with palm - leaf umbrellas , like gigantic toad - stools , under which the ghatiyas are sitting to render various services to the ...
... stone steps , great stone piers and wooden platforms jutting out into the sacred stream , dotted over with palm - leaf umbrellas , like gigantic toad - stools , under which the ghatiyas are sitting to render various services to the ...
Contents
IN THE VEDIC TIMES | 1 |
The Kāsis The Vedic hymns The Upanishads | 9 |
THE HINDU EPICSHEROWORSHIP | 17 |
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