The Sacred City of the Hindus: An Account of Benares in Ancient and Modern TimesTrübner & Company, 1868 - 388 pages |
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... five hundred years , at the least , so , in all likelihood , she is destined to retain that position in the new era of en- lightenment which has already dawned upon the land . Portions of this work have , at various times , appeared in ...
... five hundred years , at the least , so , in all likelihood , she is destined to retain that position in the new era of en- lightenment which has already dawned upon the land . Portions of this work have , at various times , appeared in ...
Page xxiv
... five wretched copies of the Vâyu - purâna , Kâśa was followed by Kâśaya ( ??? ) , Râshṭra ( ?? ) , Dîrghatapas , Dharma , Dhanwantari , Ketumat , Bhimaratha , Divodâsa . The Brahmanda - purána has , in one place , Kâśa and Kâsîya , as ...
... five wretched copies of the Vâyu - purâna , Kâśa was followed by Kâśaya ( ??? ) , Râshṭra ( ?? ) , Dîrghatapas , Dharma , Dhanwantari , Ketumat , Bhimaratha , Divodâsa . The Brahmanda - purána has , in one place , Kâśa and Kâsîya , as ...
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... five centuries ago , at which time Indian Buddhists must have been very rare , if there were any at all . Neither among the Hindus nor among the Jainas has one ever observed anything like that liberality of literary curiosity which ...
... five centuries ago , at which time Indian Buddhists must have been very rare , if there were any at all . Neither among the Hindus nor among the Jainas has one ever observed anything like that liberality of literary curiosity which ...
Page xxxiv
... five rivers , the Kiranâ , Dhûtapâpâ , Saraswati , Gangâ , and Yamunâ : किरणा धूतपापा च पुण्यतोया सरस्वती । गंगा च यमुना चैव पञ्च नद्यो - च कीर्त्तिताः ॥ अतः ...
... five rivers , the Kiranâ , Dhûtapâpâ , Saraswati , Gangâ , and Yamunâ : किरणा धूतपापा च पुण्यतोया सरस्वती । गंगा च यमुना चैव पञ्च नद्यो - च कीर्त्तिताः ॥ अतः ...
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... five Bhikshus , or religious hermits , men of con- siderable note in the early history of Buddhism , who had formerly been associated with him , but had subse- quently abandoned him , and who happened , at that time , to be at the ...
... five Bhikshus , or religious hermits , men of con- siderable note in the early history of Buddhism , who had formerly been associated with him , but had subse- quently abandoned him , and who happened , at that time , to be at the ...
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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