The Sacred City of the Hindus: An Account of Benares in Ancient and Modern TimesTrübner & Company, 1868 - 388 pages |
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Page 70
... body with the vile liquid , and , at the same time , utters certain phrases appointed for the ceremony . Directly in front of Manikarniká , and between it and the Ganges , is the temple of Tárakeswar , or " the Lord Táraka . " When a ...
... body with the vile liquid , and , at the same time , utters certain phrases appointed for the ceremony . Directly in front of Manikarniká , and between it and the Ganges , is the temple of Tárakeswar , or " the Lord Táraka . " When a ...
Page 74
... bodies . The former also take various medicines , and resort to other useful means for regaining for a p man wh had stro was try better th the well which ca some dis juncti also to d unlike th arapet ro collecti They are ntly , ve een ...
... bodies . The former also take various medicines , and resort to other useful means for regaining for a p man wh had stro was try better th the well which ca some dis juncti also to d unlike th arapet ro collecti They are ntly , ve een ...
Page 77
... body is covered with ashes ; and , at the end of the world , you will destroy everybody . I have committed a great mistake , in giving you my daughter to wife . ” After this mental relief , the Raja went home , and pre- pared a great ...
... body is covered with ashes ; and , at the end of the world , you will destroy everybody . I have committed a great mistake , in giving you my daughter to wife . ” After this mental relief , the Raja went home , and pre- pared a great ...
Page 79
... bodies to which they belonged . Thus Mahadeva healed all the wounded , and restored to life all the slain . But , in the ... body , which became forthwith reanimated with its former life . After this , the sacrifice which had been so ...
... bodies to which they belonged . Thus Mahadeva healed all the wounded , and restored to life all the slain . But , in the ... body , which became forthwith reanimated with its former life . After this , the sacrifice which had been so ...
Page 99
... bodies of other creatures , on the death of the present body , is , in his belief , as effectually secured here as elsewhere . More- over , there is a special benefit attached , by the people generally , to the performance of religious ...
... bodies of other creatures , on the death of the present body , is , in his belief , as effectually secured here as elsewhere . More- over , there is a special benefit attached , by the people generally , to the performance of religious ...
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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-laď 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