The Sacred City of the Hindus: An Account of Benares in Ancient and Modern TimesTrübner & Company, 1868 - 388 pages |
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Page 192
... most ominous and dangerous to Hinduism . The whole Hindu population , headed by the Brahmans and devotees , rose in fury on the Mus- salmans , and attacked them with every sort of weapon 192 BENARES , PAST AND PRESENT .
... most ominous and dangerous to Hinduism . The whole Hindu population , headed by the Brahmans and devotees , rose in fury on the Mus- salmans , and attacked them with every sort of weapon 192 BENARES , PAST AND PRESENT .
Page 193
... Brahmans , as well as others , at the point of the bayonet . Two Brahman soldiers , keeping guard where the pillar was lying prostrate , were overheard thus conversing on the sub- ject : Ah , ' said one , we have seen what we never ...
... Brahmans , as well as others , at the point of the bayonet . Two Brahman soldiers , keeping guard where the pillar was lying prostrate , were overheard thus conversing on the sub- ject : Ah , ' said one , we have seen what we never ...
Page 194
... Brahmans , as having destroyed the sacredness of the holy place , if not of the whole city , so that salvation in future might not be attainable by pilgrimage to Benares . They were , therefore , all in the greatest affliction ; and all ...
... Brahmans , as having destroyed the sacredness of the holy place , if not of the whole city , so that salvation in future might not be attainable by pilgrimage to Benares . They were , therefore , all in the greatest affliction ; and all ...
Page 217
... Brahmans . A ' curious custom prevails amongst the young girls of the middle classes , who , on this day , float their guriyás or dolls on the river , and , for the next four months , re- frain , not only from amusing themselves with ...
... Brahmans . A ' curious custom prevails amongst the young girls of the middle classes , who , on this day , float their guriyás or dolls on the river , and , for the next four months , re- frain , not only from amusing themselves with ...
Page 225
... Brahmans , -in honour of Kalká and Sahjá , the former being a Brahman woman , and the latter a chamáyin , or woman of the sweeper caste . They then proceed to the village 15 BENARES , PAST AND PRESENT . 225.
... Brahmans , -in honour of Kalká and Sahjá , the former being a Brahman woman , and the latter a chamáyin , or woman of the sweeper caste . They then proceed to the village 15 BENARES , PAST AND PRESENT . 225.
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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