The Sacred City of the Hindus: An Account of Benares in Ancient and Modern TimesTrübner & Company, 1868 - 388 pages |
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Page 73
... extent , as well as for the singular legends con- nected with its primitive history . It formerly possessed twelve separate courts or quadrangles ; but now only seven are in existence , and several of these are fast falling into ruin ...
... extent , as well as for the singular legends con- nected with its primitive history . It formerly possessed twelve separate courts or quadrangles ; but now only seven are in existence , and several of these are fast falling into ruin ...
Page 94
... extent , shifted from its original site . The priests tell you , that , where temples now stand , others once stood , and that the deities now worshipped have been worshipped at these precise spots through all past time ; but this , of ...
... extent , shifted from its original site . The priests tell you , that , where temples now stand , others once stood , and that the deities now worshipped have been worshipped at these precise spots through all past time ; but this , of ...
Page 96
... extent , Puranic in their origin . Respecting ancient Hindu buildings in the city , no definite and trustworthy information whatever can be gathered either from the lips of Hindus or from the writings which have come down to them from ...
... extent , Puranic in their origin . Respecting ancient Hindu buildings in the city , no definite and trustworthy information whatever can be gathered either from the lips of Hindus or from the writings which have come down to them from ...
Page 151
... extent of one til , a seed of sesamum , from which oil is extracted and sold in the shops . The god inhabits a temple , the basement of which , together with a small piece of ground in con- nexion with it , is raised to a considerable ...
... extent of one til , a seed of sesamum , from which oil is extracted and sold in the shops . The god inhabits a temple , the basement of which , together with a small piece of ground in con- nexion with it , is raised to a considerable ...
Page 156
... extent , in it throws no light upon its real epoch . On the contrary , however , temples and other buildings which are stationary and immoveable , so long as they stand , do determine the era of their own neighbour- hood , and furnish ...
... extent , in it throws no light upon its real epoch . On the contrary , however , temples and other buildings which are stationary and immoveable , so long as they stand , do determine the era of their own neighbour- hood , and furnish ...
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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