The Sacred City of the Hindus: An Account of Benares in Ancient and Modern TimesTrübner & Company, 1868 - 388 pages |
From inside the book
Results 6-10 of 98
Page 8
... four thousand li ( six hundred and sixty - seven miles ) in circumference . To the west is the capital , -near the Ganges , —which is from eighteen to nineteen li ( three miles and upwards ) long , and from five to six li ( about one ...
... four thousand li ( six hundred and sixty - seven miles ) in circumference . To the west is the capital , -near the Ganges , —which is from eighteen to nineteen li ( three miles and upwards ) long , and from five to six li ( about one ...
Page 11
... four royal companions or princes , embraced the new religion , and became believers in Buddha . Thus these sixty persons were the first , or amongst the first , dis- ciples of this remarkable personage ; and to them he gave instructions ...
... four royal companions or princes , embraced the new religion , and became believers in Buddha . Thus these sixty persons were the first , or amongst the first , dis- ciples of this remarkable personage ; and to them he gave instructions ...
Page 12
... four or five hundred millions of people , received the extraordinary dogma , the gigantic blasphemy , that there was no separate , self - existent Supreme God , but that each individual man , by con- templation , could rise into the ...
... four or five hundred millions of people , received the extraordinary dogma , the gigantic blasphemy , that there was no separate , self - existent Supreme God , but that each individual man , by con- templation , could rise into the ...
Page 29
... four in each row , and are seventy in number . They are all carved , as also , with a few exceptions , are the architraves ; and the carvings in one division are uniform . The carvings in the other division are bolder and more profuse ...
... four in each row , and are seventy in number . They are all carved , as also , with a few exceptions , are the architraves ; and the carvings in one division are uniform . The carvings in the other division are bolder and more profuse ...
Page 34
... four miles further south - west in the midst of a dense population : it was the residence of Cheit Singh , in the time of Warren Hastings , but is no longer inhabited by the Rajas of Benares . The third fort is that in which the present ...
... four miles further south - west in the midst of a dense population : it was the residence of Cheit Singh , in the time of Warren Hastings , but is no longer inhabited by the Rajas of Benares . The third fort is that in which the present ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
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-laď 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