The Sacred City of the Hindus: An Account of Benares in Ancient and Modern TimesTrübner & Company, 1868 - 388 pages |
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Page 87
... well , and called them by the same name . The ward is in the north - western part of the city , at some distance from the Ganges . The quarter lying to the east of this ward , that is , BENARES , PAST AND PRESENT . 87.
... well , and called them by the same name . The ward is in the north - western part of the city , at some distance from the Ganges . The quarter lying to the east of this ward , that is , BENARES , PAST AND PRESENT . 87.
Page 98
... distance from the Trilochan fane . It is not at all unlikely , that , formerly , this idol was also wor- shipped in this place ; for all three are referred to in the Kási - khanda , in connexion with it . The fruits of performing ...
... distance from the Trilochan fane . It is not at all unlikely , that , formerly , this idol was also wor- shipped in this place ; for all three are referred to in the Kási - khanda , in connexion with it . The fruits of performing ...
Page 103
... distance down the stairs , are two more , in the walls of which idols of great age are in- serted . I may here remark , that the neighbourhood of the Trilochan temple abounds with shrines . The Trilochan Ghát is called , also , the ...
... distance down the stairs , are two more , in the walls of which idols of great age are in- serted . I may here remark , that the neighbourhood of the Trilochan temple abounds with shrines . The Trilochan Ghát is called , also , the ...
Page 104
... distance higher up the stream is Gáe Ghát , jutting out a little beyond the bank . Two other temples in this neighbourhood are , possibly , of the same era as the Trilochan fane . The first is the temple of Nirbuddheśwar , situated only ...
... distance higher up the stream is Gáe Ghát , jutting out a little beyond the bank . Two other temples in this neighbourhood are , possibly , of the same era as the Trilochan fane . The first is the temple of Nirbuddheśwar , situated only ...
Page 111
... upwards to the sky , may be discerned at the distance of many miles from the city . They were , originally , some fifty feet higher than they now are , and were cut down to their present height BENARES , PAST AND PRESENT . 111.
... upwards to the sky , may be discerned at the distance of many miles from the city . They were , originally , some fifty feet higher than they now are , and were cut down to their present height BENARES , PAST AND PRESENT . 111.
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ANCIENT REMAINS antiquity architraves Asiatic Aśoka Bakaríyá Kund banks Bará Barna bass-relief bathe Bengal Bisheswar Brahmá Brahmans Buddha Buddhist building built called carved centre century chaityas Cheit Singh Christian Chunar city of Benares cloister deities distance divine Durgá edifice enclosure entire erected excavations existence feet in height festival figure five formerly four Gaṇeś Ganges goddess gods ground Hindu Hinduism Hiouen Thsang honour hundred idolatry idols images inches India inscription James Prinsep Jou-laï Káśí Kâsis king large number Mahadeva Mahalla Melá miles Mohammedan monastery mosque native neighbourhood niche northern original ornamented persons pilgrimage pilgrims pillars portion present priests quadrangle Ráj Ghát Raja Raja of Nepal Rám Rámnagar regarded religion religious remarkable residence river road ruins Sangam Sanskrit Sárnáth sculptured side Siva small shrine spot square stairs stands stone Stupa tank temple terrace tower Vihára Vishnu wall Warren Hastings worship
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Page 4 - The traveller could scarcely make his way through the press of holy mendicants, and not less holy bulls. The broad and stately flights of steps which descended from these swarming haunts to the bathingplaces along the Ganges, were worn every day by the footsteps of an innumerable multitude of worshippers.
Page 4 - 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 4 - The schools and temples drew crowds of pious Hindoos from every province where the Brahminical faith was known. Hundreds of devotees came thither every month to die : for it was believed that a peculiarly happy fate awaited the man who should pass from the sacred city « into the sacred river.YNor was superstition the only motive which allured strangers to that great metropolis.
Page 1 - When Babylon was struggling with Nineveh for supremacy, when Tyre was planting her colonies, when Athens was growing in strength, before Borne had become known, or Greece had contended with Persia, or Cyrus had added lustre to the Persian monarchy, or Nebuchadnezzar had captured Jerusalem, and the inhabitants of Judaea had been carried into captivity, she had already risen to greatness, if not to glory.
Page 39 - Moreover, it is of great importance to bear in mind, that, as a man can hardly be better than his religion, the nature of the Hindu partakes of the supposed nature of the gods whom he worships. And what is that nature? According to the traditions handed about amongst the natives, and constantly dwelt upon in their conversation, and referred to in their popular songs, which, perhaps, would be sufficient proof...
Page xxviii - History of Bengal, p. 36. Elsewhere we read, that, " having broken the idols in above a thousand temples, he purified and consecrated the latter to the worship of the true God.
Page 188 - ... and an expression of sympathy with these holy mourners, would sufficiently comfort them, and give them an ostensible reason for returning to their usual employment. Accordingly, all the British functionaries went to the principal ghat, expressed their sorrow for the distress in which they saw them, but reasoned with them on the absurdity of punishing themselves for an act in which they had no share, and which they had done their utmost to prevent or to avenge.
Page 128 - But finding that brass instruments did not come up to the ideas which he had formed of accuracy, because of the smallness of their size, the want of divisions into minutes, the shaking and wearing of their axes, the displacement of the centres of the circles, and the shifting of the planes of the instruments, he concluded that the reason why the determinations of the ancients such as Hipparchus and Ptolemy proved inaccurate...
Page 3 - Benares, a city which in wealth, population, dignity, and sanctity was among the foremost of 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.
Page xxxiv - For the sanctity of its inhabitants, of its temples and tanks, of its wells and streams, of the very soil that is trodden, of the very air that is breathed, and of everything in it and around it, Benares has been famed for thousands of years.