The Sacred City of the Hindus: An Account of Benares in Ancient and Modern TimesTrübner & Company, 1868 - 388 pages |
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Page 64
... height . The shaft is surrounded by an im- mense number of small domes , ascending , in successive series , up to the apex , which consists of a gilded dome . The entrance to the temple is on the north side . In front of the shrine ...
... height . The shaft is surrounded by an im- mense number of small domes , ascending , in successive series , up to the apex , which consists of a gilded dome . The entrance to the temple is on the north side . In front of the shrine ...
Page 85
... height , fixed firmly in the ground . Each of the five shrines has a chamber or stall , in which several idols are deposited , one of which contains a representation of S'iva as Panchmukhi , -that is , the ' five - faced ' god . In ...
... height , fixed firmly in the ground . Each of the five shrines has a chamber or stall , in which several idols are deposited , one of which contains a representation of S'iva as Panchmukhi , -that is , the ' five - faced ' god . In ...
Page 88
... height of four or five feet above the ground . Each of the four series of stairs has an entrance of its own . Their junction below forms a small square , in the centre of which is the well . De- scending twelve stone steps , you reach ...
... height of four or five feet above the ground . Each of the four series of stairs has an entrance of its own . Their junction below forms a small square , in the centre of which is the well . De- scending twelve stone steps , you reach ...
Page 91
... height , which is filled up by the god Hanumán . He is painted bright red , and stand with hands folded ; while on one shoulder sits the god Rám , and , on the other , his brother Lakshman . In sight of this temple are two others ...
... height , which is filled up by the god Hanumán . He is painted bright red , and stand with hands folded ; while on one shoulder sits the god Rám , and , on the other , his brother Lakshman . In sight of this temple are two others ...
Page 111
... height ; but it is not less than one hundred and fifty feet , reckoning from the floor of the mosque . When it is remembered that the bank of the river on which this edifice stands is nearly the same number of feet above the bed of the ...
... height ; but it is not less than one hundred and fifty feet , reckoning from the floor of the mosque . When it is remembered that the bank of the river on which this edifice stands is nearly the same number of feet above the bed of 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