The Sacred City of the Hindus: An Account of Benares in Ancient and Modern TimesTrübner & Company, 1868 - 388 pages |
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Page 47
... four , Durgá in nine , Bhairo in eight , S'iva in eleven , Vishņu in one , and the Sun in twelve ; all which date from the mythical period , when Divodása , the famous Raja of Benares , whose name is a household word among the people ...
... four , Durgá in nine , Bhairo in eight , S'iva in eleven , Vishņu in one , and the Sun in twelve ; all which date from the mythical period , when Divodása , the famous Raja of Benares , whose name is a household word among the people ...
Page 52
... four or five times more spacious than the entire area occupied by the modern temple . The archi- tecture of the ruins seems to be of a mixed character , and composed both of Jaina and Hindu orders . Indeed , it is not impossible that a ...
... four or five times more spacious than the entire area occupied by the modern temple . The archi- tecture of the ruins seems to be of a mixed character , and composed both of Jaina and Hindu orders . Indeed , it is not impossible that a ...
Page 54
... four rows , and are upwards of forty in number . The building is small , but has been designed and exe- cuted with considerable taste . It is of very recent date , having been erected in the year 1828 , by " Sri Maut Baija Bai , " widow ...
... four rows , and are upwards of forty in number . The building is small , but has been designed and exe- cuted with considerable taste . It is of very recent date , having been erected in the year 1828 , by " Sri Maut Baija Bai , " widow ...
Page 62
... four 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 ...
... four 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 ...
Page 64
... four bells are sus- pended . This porch rests upon pillars , and is painted and decorated according to Hindu taste , and after the most approved models . A priest is seated to the right and left of the porch , with a rod of peacock's ...
... four bells are sus- pended . This porch rests upon pillars , and is painted and decorated according to Hindu taste , and after the most approved models . A priest is seated to the right and left of the porch , with a rod of peacock's ...
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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