The Sacred City of the Hindus: An Account of Benares in Ancient and Modern TimesTrübner & Company, 1868 - 388 pages |
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Page 80
... connected with the Black Forest ; the only difference , though an essential one , being , that they are designed for amusement and fun , whereas this , strangely enough , is intended for the promotion of religion . Leaving this temple ...
... connected with the Black Forest ; the only difference , though an essential one , being , that they are designed for amusement and fun , whereas this , strangely enough , is intended for the promotion of religion . Leaving this temple ...
Page 81
... connected with its modern history . Upwards of thirty years ago , an English magistrate of Benares , while making improvements in the city , determined that this temple should be levelled with the ground . The natives say , that , one ...
... connected with its modern history . Upwards of thirty years ago , an English magistrate of Benares , while making improvements in the city , determined that this temple should be levelled with the ground . The natives say , that , one ...
Page 92
... this quarter of the city , are , likewise , elaborately carved . These , it is possible , are connected with the same era as the figures just referred to . 93 CHAPTER VI . BENARES , Kásí , and Kedár 92 BENARES , PAST AND PRESENT .
... this quarter of the city , are , likewise , elaborately carved . These , it is possible , are connected with the same era as the figures just referred to . 93 CHAPTER VI . BENARES , Kásí , and Kedár 92 BENARES , PAST AND PRESENT .
Page 98
... connected with this temple and the third eye of S'iva . Tradition affirms , that the emblem of this god , which is worshipped in his temple , having passed through the seven pátálas or subterraneous regions , had made its home in this ...
... connected with this temple and the third eye of S'iva . Tradition affirms , that the emblem of this god , which is worshipped in his temple , having passed through the seven pátálas or subterraneous regions , had made its home in this ...
Page 108
... gháts . They are all connected together by a road , which is , in some places , paved , and in the hot 1 Prinsep's Views of Benares - Second Series . • weather , is , in parts , covered over 108 BENARES , PAST AND PRESENT .
... gháts . They are all connected together by a road , which is , in some places , paved , and in the hot 1 Prinsep's Views of Benares - Second Series . • weather , is , in parts , covered over 108 BENARES , PAST AND PRESENT .
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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