The Sacred City of the Hindus: An Account of Benares in Ancient and Modern TimesTrübner & Company, 1868 - 388 pages |
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Page 82
... honours were bestowed on a Raja called Divodás . The tradition , too , is sanctioned by the Kási - khanda . It is said , that this personage , whom Brahmá raised to the dignity of Raja of Benares , and vested with jurisdiction over both ...
... honours were bestowed on a Raja called Divodás . The tradition , too , is sanctioned by the Kási - khanda . It is said , that this personage , whom Brahmá raised to the dignity of Raja of Benares , and vested with jurisdiction over both ...
Page 85
... honour of Divodás . In the centre of this court is Dharm - kúp , one of the famous sacred wells of Benares . Its mouth is begirt partly by a wall and partly by five small shrines standing side by side ; and the entrance to the enclosure ...
... honour of Divodás . In the centre of this court is Dharm - kúp , one of the famous sacred wells of Benares . Its mouth is begirt partly by a wall and partly by five small shrines standing side by side ; and the entrance to the enclosure ...
Page 94
... honour of this portion of it , the entire city is spoken of , throughout India , as Káśí . But , although the Káśí division now receives the lion's share of respect and attention , and the Benares division , except on special occasions ...
... honour of this portion of it , the entire city is spoken of , throughout India , as Káśí . But , although the Káśí division now receives the lion's share of respect and attention , and the Benares division , except on special occasions ...
Page 95
... honoured at all , and the Kedár division was a jungle , where , possibly , stood a secluded temple or two , and a few austere naked ascetics resided in savage simplicity . Although I regard the central portion of the city , or that ...
... honoured at all , and the Kedár division was a jungle , where , possibly , stood a secluded temple or two , and a few austere naked ascetics resided in savage simplicity . Although I regard the central portion of the city , or that ...
Page 100
... honoured with a residence , but stands apart from all the shrines . It is made of stone , and is three feet high above its base , and ten inches or a foot in thickness . Its name is Kot - Lingeswar , from the circumstance that its ...
... honoured with a residence , but stands apart from all the shrines . It is made of stone , and is three feet high above its base , and ten inches or a foot in thickness . Its name is Kot - Lingeswar , from the circumstance that its ...
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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