The Sacred City of the Hindus: An Account of Benares in Ancient and Modern TimesTrübner & Company, 1868 - 388 pages |
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Page 62
... feet in height , and is specially worshipped , every Tuesday and Sunday , by a great many people . It is set up on end , the upper extremity receiving , occa- sionally , the adjunct of a silver mask or face ; but , when our wondering ...
... feet in height , and is specially worshipped , every Tuesday and Sunday , by a great many people . It is set up on end , the upper extremity receiving , occa- sionally , the adjunct of a silver mask or face ; but , when our wondering ...
Page 70
... feet in depth . It is insufferably foul , and the effluvium from it impregnates the air for some distance around . The worshipper , de- scending into the water , laves his head and body with the vile liquid , and , at the same time ...
... feet in depth . It is insufferably foul , and the effluvium from it impregnates the air for some distance around . The worshipper , de- scending into the water , laves his head and body with the vile liquid , and , at the same time ...
Page 70
... feet , imagining that all who worship them are guaranteed a sure introduction into heaven . Mr. Prinsep observes , that " the charan- páduka ( impression of Vishnu's feet ) is said to mark the spot on which he alighted . It is ...
... feet , imagining that all who worship them are guaranteed a sure introduction into heaven . Mr. Prinsep observes , that " the charan- páduka ( impression of Vishnu's feet ) is said to mark the spot on which he alighted . It is ...
Page 70
... feet into the earth since its erection , and is still gradually and slowly sinking . The ghát consists of three rows of low towers or turrets . The uppermost row is of two turrets , one at each extremity , which are the largest of the ...
... feet into the earth since its erection , and is still gradually and slowly sinking . The ghát consists of three rows of low towers or turrets . The uppermost row is of two turrets , one at each extremity , which are the largest of the ...
Page 73
... feet apart . The people residing in the neighbourhood say , that the ghát has sunk some ten or twelve feet in all , and that , inasmuch as stair after stair continually , though slowly , vanishes , they know that the subsidence is still ...
... feet apart . The people residing in the neighbourhood say , that the ghát has sunk some ten or twelve feet in all , and that , inasmuch as stair after stair continually , though slowly , vanishes , they know that the subsidence is still ...
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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