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Remains of Buddhist Monastery . - Tank of Bhairo . Lát or Pillar of Siva . —
Ancient Pillar . - Account of Disturbance in Benares when the Pillar was thrown
down . - The Ghazeepore Road . - Ancient Bridge over the Barna 184 CHAPTER
XVI .
Remains of Buddhist Monastery . - Tank of Bhairo . Lát or Pillar of Siva . —
Ancient Pillar . - Account of Disturbance in Benares when the Pillar was thrown
down . - The Ghazeepore Road . - Ancient Bridge over the Barna 184 CHAPTER
XVI .
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These were , mainly , worshippers of Siva ; and among them were two classes of
ascetics . ? Their temples amounted to a hundred , which gave lodgement to
about ten thousand devotees.3 The Buddhists , who 1 " About four thousand lis .
These were , mainly , worshippers of Siva ; and among them were two classes of
ascetics . ? Their temples amounted to a hundred , which gave lodgement to
about ten thousand devotees.3 The Buddhists , who 1 " About four thousand lis .
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In the capital were twenty Hindu temples , and a latten statue of Siva , a hundred
feet in height . We are not apprised whether there were any sacred edifices of the
pilgrim's fellowreligionists in the capital itself ; and the obvious inference is , that ...
In the capital were twenty Hindu temples , and a latten statue of Siva , a hundred
feet in height . We are not apprised whether there were any sacred edifices of the
pilgrim's fellowreligionists in the capital itself ; and the obvious inference is , that ...
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In the twelfth century , as we learn from the Haima - kośa , Benares was already
distinguished as Sivapurî , “ the city of S'iva ; ” and we may thence gather that the
worship of Siva especially predominated there at that time . 3 « There is every ...
In the twelfth century , as we learn from the Haima - kośa , Benares was already
distinguished as Sivapurî , “ the city of S'iva ; ” and we may thence gather that the
worship of Siva especially predominated there at that time . 3 « There is every ...
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... are reverenced by the Hindus , -grasping the trident of S'iva , dug up the earth
at this spot , and forthwith there issued from beneath a copious supply of water .
Siva , on becoming acquainted with BENARES , PAST AND PRESENT . 53.
... are reverenced by the Hindus , -grasping the trident of S'iva , dug up the earth
at this spot , and forthwith there issued from beneath a copious supply of water .
Siva , on becoming acquainted with BENARES , PAST AND PRESENT . 53.
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| Title | The Sacred City of the Hindus: An Account of Benares in Ancient and Modern Times |
| Author | Matthew Atmore Sherring |
| Contributor | Fitzedward Hall |
| Publisher | Trübner & Company, 1868 |
| Original from | National Library of the Netherlands |
| Digitized | 16 Nov 2012 |
| Length | 388 pages |
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