The Sacred City of the Hindus: An Account of Benares in Ancient and Modern TimesTrübner & Company, 1868 - 388 pages |
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Page 5
... he looked again to discover in what place they were , he perceived that the former had been dead seven days , and that the latter had died the day before ; and that as they were now in an arúpa world , they BENARES , PAST AND PRESENT . 5.
... he looked again to discover in what place they were , he perceived that the former had been dead seven days , and that the latter had died the day before ; and that as they were now in an arúpa world , they BENARES , PAST AND PRESENT . 5.
Page 22
... former styles were originally wooden , while those of the last - mentioned were of stone , and that , therefore , there is a necessary limit to our investigations , beyond which it is useless to attempt to go ; for that the wooden ...
... former styles were originally wooden , while those of the last - mentioned were of stone , and that , therefore , there is a necessary limit to our investigations , beyond which it is useless to attempt to go ; for that the wooden ...
Page 52
... former temple of Bisheśwar must have been both loftier and more capacious than the existing structure ; and the courtyard is four or five times more spacious than the entire area occupied by the modern temple . The archi- tecture of the ...
... former temple of Bisheśwar must have been both loftier and more capacious than the existing structure ; and the courtyard is four or five times more spacious than the entire area occupied by the modern temple . The archi- tecture of the ...
Page 70
... former of which is remark- able not only for the massiveness of its masonry , but also for the circumstance that the entire structure has sunk several feet into the earth since its erection , and is still gradually and slowly sinking ...
... former of which is remark- able not only for the massiveness of its masonry , but also for the circumstance that the entire structure has sunk several feet into the earth since its erection , and is still gradually and slowly sinking ...
Page 74
... former meaning old , and the latter , fate . Mahadeva endowed it with two remarkable properties ; the one , that of healing disease , and the other , that of prolonging life . The temple is one of the oldest in the city , and stands on ...
... former meaning old , and the latter , fate . Mahadeva endowed it with two remarkable properties ; the one , that of healing disease , and the other , that of prolonging life . The temple is one of the oldest in the city , and stands on ...
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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