The Sacred City of the Hindus: An Account of Benares in Ancient and Modern TimesTrübner & Company, 1868 - 388 pages |
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Page 105
... body occupying a large portion of the shrine . Presently he folded his hands together , ap- parently in deep devotion , and did homage to one or more of the images before him . He then rang a little bell , and quietly left the place ...
... body occupying a large portion of the shrine . Presently he folded his hands together , ap- parently in deep devotion , and did homage to one or more of the images before him . He then rang a little bell , and quietly left the place ...
Page 117
... body of gold , adorned with garlands , necklaces , and bracelets , of costly value and of dazzling beauty . But its pretensions are of a very different order ; for it is simply an enormous block of stone , round and black , six feet in ...
... body of gold , adorned with garlands , necklaces , and bracelets , of costly value and of dazzling beauty . But its pretensions are of a very different order ; for it is simply an enormous block of stone , round and black , six feet in ...
Page 135
... bodies , are computed by it , they may arrive as near as possible to the truth , which , in fact , is every day seen and confirmed in the Obser- vatory . Such is the account of the erection of the Benares Observatory and the invention ...
... bodies , are computed by it , they may arrive as near as possible to the truth , which , in fact , is every day seen and confirmed in the Obser- vatory . Such is the account of the erection of the Benares Observatory and the invention ...
Page 152
... body is of proportionate size . The height of the head is partly owing to the mode in which the hair is arranged upon it ; for it is plaited and bound round the crown , so as to have the appearance of a high head - dress . 152 BENARES ...
... body is of proportionate size . The height of the head is partly owing to the mode in which the hair is arranged upon it ; for it is plaited and bound round the crown , so as to have the appearance of a high head - dress . 152 BENARES ...
Page 160
... body , to Mahadeva , to whom they represented their miserable condition . Taking pity on them , Mahá- deva commanded Gaurí , his wife , to go and kill the demon , and deliver the gods from their calamities . Thereupon Gaurí summoned the ...
... body , to Mahadeva , to whom they represented their miserable condition . Taking pity on them , Mahá- deva commanded Gaurí , his wife , to go and kill the demon , and deliver the gods from their calamities . Thereupon Gaurí summoned the ...
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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