The Sacred City of the Hindus: An Account of Benares in Ancient and Modern TimesTrübner & Company, 1868 - 388 pages |
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Page 28
... latter class belongs necessarily to a recent epoch . The mosque in which the columns are found consists , ap- parently , of two Buddhist cloisters , or , possibly , of two divisions of a Buddhist temple , and has been , at times , so ...
... latter class belongs necessarily to a recent epoch . The mosque in which the columns are found consists , ap- parently , of two Buddhist cloisters , or , possibly , of two divisions of a Buddhist temple , and has been , at times , so ...
Page 32
... latter being frequently of gigantic dimensions . Yet , in respect of symmetry and beauty , the difference is immensely in favour of the Northern fanes . The present city of Benares , like the earlier one , exhibits a tendency to shift ...
... latter being frequently of gigantic dimensions . Yet , in respect of symmetry and beauty , the difference is immensely in favour of the Northern fanes . The present city of Benares , like the earlier one , exhibits a tendency to shift ...
Page 34
... latter designation being a corruption of the Sanskrit Váraṇasí , Varáṇasí and Varanasí . On these words , as significative terms , we have only uncertain grounds for speculation . Káśí , the name most favoured by the Hindus , is ...
... latter designation being a corruption of the Sanskrit Váraṇasí , Varáṇasí and Varanasí . On these words , as significative terms , we have only uncertain grounds for speculation . Káśí , the name most favoured by the Hindus , is ...
Page 52
... latter supposition plausible is , that , on three sides of the perpendicular face of the terrace on which the mosque stands , Buddhist pillars , of a simple and very early type , forming recesses or rooms , but which were , originally ...
... latter supposition plausible is , that , on three sides of the perpendicular face of the terrace on which the mosque stands , Buddhist pillars , of a simple and very early type , forming recesses or rooms , but which were , originally ...
Page 56
... latter is crowded with figures inter- mingled with a multitude of short gilded spires . Proceeding a little beyond these temples , we come to a small shrine dedicated to Saníchar , or the planet Saturn . The deity within , representing ...
... latter is crowded with figures inter- mingled with a multitude of short gilded spires . Proceeding a little beyond these temples , we come to a small shrine dedicated to Saníchar , or the planet Saturn . The deity within , representing ...
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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