The Sacred City of the Hindus: An Account of Benares in Ancient and Modern TimesTrübner & Company, 1868 - 388 pages |
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Page 195
... melá or fair used to be held on this venerated spot ; but , of late years , the place has been well - nigh abandoned , so that even the melá fails to attract more than a few dozens of people . By the side of the Kapilmochan Tank a ...
... melá or fair used to be held on this venerated spot ; but , of late years , the place has been well - nigh abandoned , so that even the melá fails to attract more than a few dozens of people . By the side of the Kapilmochan Tank a ...
Page 213
... melá signifies a concourse or assemblage of persons , and is derived from the Sanskrit root mil , meaning ' to meet , ' ' to congregate . ' A melá is of two kinds that at which religion and amusement are com- bined , and that which is ...
... melá signifies a concourse or assemblage of persons , and is derived from the Sanskrit root mil , meaning ' to meet , ' ' to congregate . ' A melá is of two kinds that at which religion and amusement are com- bined , and that which is ...
Page 214
... melá may be divided into two classes , namely , that which is of a moral tendency , and is frequented by persons of respectability , and that which is notoriously immoral , and visited by only the loose and licentious . The melá of the ...
... melá may be divided into two classes , namely , that which is of a moral tendency , and is frequented by persons of respectability , and that which is notoriously immoral , and visited by only the loose and licentious . The melá of the ...
Page 215
... Melá , held in the Bará Gaṇeś Mahalla , on the 14th day of Baisákh . This melá is in honour of Narsinh , the fourth incarnation of Vishnu . The people fast during the day , and , in the evening , assemble in this Mahalla or Ward , to ...
... Melá , held in the Bará Gaṇeś Mahalla , on the 14th day of Baisákh . This melá is in honour of Narsinh , the fourth incarnation of Vishnu . The people fast during the day , and , in the evening , assemble in this Mahalla or Ward , to ...
Page 216
... Melá , held on the banks of the Ganges , on the 7th day of Jeth . This day is regarded , by Hindus , as the birthday of the goddess of the Ganges , who is said to have sprung out of the thigh of Jahnu Rishi . Formerly , the idol repre ...
... Melá , held on the banks of the Ganges , on the 7th day of Jeth . This day is regarded , by Hindus , as the birthday of the goddess of the Ganges , who is said to have sprung out of the thigh of Jahnu Rishi . Formerly , the idol repre ...
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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