The Sacred City of the Hindus: An Account of Benares in Ancient and Modern TimesTrübner & Company, 1868 - 388 pages |
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Page 31
... hands . We believe it was the boast of Aláuddín , that he had destroyed one thou- sand temples in Benares alone . How many more were razed to the ground , or transformed into mosques through the iconoclastic fervour of Aurungzeb , there ...
... hands . We believe it was the boast of Aláuddín , that he had destroyed one thou- sand temples in Benares alone . How many more were razed to the ground , or transformed into mosques through the iconoclastic fervour of Aurungzeb , there ...
Page 35
... hand , that , while the city commonly bore the name of Benares , the circumjacent country was called Káśí . The Chinese pilgrim Fa Hian , who travelled in India at the commencement of the fifth century A.D. , remarks , in the journal of ...
... hand , that , while the city commonly bore the name of Benares , the circumjacent country was called Káśí . The Chinese pilgrim Fa Hian , who travelled in India at the commencement of the fifth century A.D. , remarks , in the journal of ...
Page 38
... hands , a great im- petus has been given to the erection of temples , and to the manufacture of idols , in Northern India . In Benares , temples have multiplied at a prodigious rate ; and this rate , at the present moment , is , I ...
... hands , a great im- petus has been given to the erection of temples , and to the manufacture of idols , in Northern India . In Benares , temples have multiplied at a prodigious rate ; and this rate , at the present moment , is , I ...
Page 43
... hands , manufactured that morning , and to which she was solemnly paying homage . Close by was a brazen vessel containing water , into which every now and then she dipped a small spoon , and then gently poured a few drops upon the head ...
... hands , manufactured that morning , and to which she was solemnly paying homage . Close by was a brazen vessel containing water , into which every now and then she dipped a small spoon , and then gently poured a few drops upon the head ...
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... hands , and mut- tered words of prayer , occasionally moving one hand to her face , and with finger and thumb compressing her two . nostrils , in order that , holding her breath as far as possible , she might increase the merit of her ...
... hands , and mut- tered words of prayer , occasionally moving one hand to her face , and with finger and thumb compressing her two . nostrils , in order that , holding her breath as far as possible , she might increase the merit of her ...
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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