The Sacred City of the Hindus: An Account of Benares in Ancient and Modern TimesTrübner & Company, 1868 - 388 pages |
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... deity of Benares , and , in the opinion of the people , holds the position of king over all the other deities , as well as over all the inhabitants residing , not only within the city itself , but also within the circuit of the Panch ...
... deity of Benares , and , in the opinion of the people , holds the position of king over all the other deities , as well as over all the inhabitants residing , not only within the city itself , but also within the circuit of the Panch ...
Page 48
... deities who throng his dominions . His subjects must , first of all , worship him , and must bring their offerings to his shrine , of which he , or rather his rapacious priests , are exceedingly fond . Although without mouth or throat ...
... deities who throng his dominions . His subjects must , first of all , worship him , and must bring their offerings to his shrine , of which he , or rather his rapacious priests , are exceedingly fond . Although without mouth or throat ...
Page 49
... deity of the place , that is to say , the plain conical stone already spoken of . He makes his obeisance to the god either by bowing his head - his hands being folded in ador- ation or by prostrating himself upon the ground ; after ...
... deity of the place , that is to say , the plain conical stone already spoken of . He makes his obeisance to the god either by bowing his head - his hands being folded in ador- ation or by prostrating himself upon the ground ; after ...
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... deities , raised upon a platform , called by the natives ' the court of Mahádeva . ' They are , for the most part , male and female emblems . Several small idols likewise are built into the wall flanking this court . These are evidently ...
... deities , raised upon a platform , called by the natives ' the court of Mahádeva . ' They are , for the most part , male and female emblems . Several small idols likewise are built into the wall flanking this court . These are evidently ...
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... deity below . The compound mixture thus produced is necessarily in a constant state of putrefaction , and emits a most disgusting stench . The well is surrounded by a hand- some low - roofed colonnade , the stone pillars of which are in ...
... deity below . The compound mixture thus produced is necessarily in a constant state of putrefaction , and emits a most disgusting stench . The well is surrounded by a hand- some low - roofed colonnade , the stone pillars of which are in ...
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ANCIENT REMAINS antiquity Asiatic Society Aśoka Assyrian Bará Barna bass-relief Benares Bengal Bisheswar Brahmá Brahmans Buddha Buddhist building carved century Ceylon Chinese Christian cloth College containing Crown 8vo deities Demy 8vo Dialect DICTIONARY divine Durgá edifice enclosure English erected F. J. FURNIVALL feet figure FITZEDWARD HALL formerly Ganges Ghát Glossary goddess Government GRAMMAR ground Hensleigh Wedgwood Hindu Hinduism Hiouen Thsang honour hundred idols India Inscription Káśí king Language late LL.D Mahadeva Mahalla Melá miles Missionary modern Mohammedan monastery mosque native neighbourhood niche Notes original Pali pilgrimage pilgrims pillars plates portion Post 8vo present Prof Professor quadrangle Ráj Ghát Raja Rámnagar religion religious Rig-Veda river Royal 8vo Royal Asiatic Society ruins sacred Sanskrit Sárnáth sewed shrine side Siva spot stairs stone Stupa T. W. RHYS DAVIDS tank temple terrace Text tower Translated Vihára viii wall worship
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Page 10 - Commerce had as many pilgrims as religion. All along the shores of the venerable stream lay great fleets of vessels laden with rich merchandise. From the looms of Benares went forth the most delicate silks that adorned the balls of St. James's and of Versailles, and in the bazaars the muslins of Bengal and the sabres of Oude were mingled with the jewels of Golconda and the shawls of Cashmere.
Page 9 - Asia. It was commonly believed that half a million of human beings was crowded into that labyrinth of lofty alleys, rich with shrines, and minarets, and balconies, and carved oriels, to which the sacred apes clung by hundreds. The traveller could scarcely make his way through the press of holy mendicants, and not less holy bulls. The broad and...