The Sacred City of the Hindus: An Account of Benares in Ancient and Modern TimesTrübner & Company, 1868 - 388 pages |
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Page 49
... offerings in their hands , consisting of sugar , rice , ghee ( or clarified butter ) , grain , flowers , water , etc ... offering , and rings one of the bells suspended from the roof of the temple . This - is to attract the attention of ...
... offerings in their hands , consisting of sugar , rice , ghee ( or clarified butter ) , grain , flowers , water , etc ... offering , and rings one of the bells suspended from the roof of the temple . This - is to attract the attention of ...
Page 50
... offerings . Nearly all the worshippers engage in their devotions in a quiet , orderly , and decent manner , but with manifest perfunc- toriness , and with little or no thought beyond the desire to perform thoroughly the task they have ...
... offerings . Nearly all the worshippers engage in their devotions in a quiet , orderly , and decent manner , but with manifest perfunc- toriness , and with little or no thought beyond the desire to perform thoroughly the task they have ...
Page 54
... offerings , as a sacrifice to the deity below . The compound mixture thus produced is necessarily in a constant state of putrefaction , and emits a most disgusting stench . The well is surrounded by a hand- some low - roofed colonnade ...
... offerings , as a sacrifice to the deity below . The compound mixture thus produced is necessarily in a constant state of putrefaction , and emits a most disgusting stench . The well is surrounded by a hand- some low - roofed colonnade ...
Page 58
... offerings for the poor , in addition to the presents appropriated to themselves . In one corner of the enclosure is a stone box , which is the common . treasury for the reception of the gifts intended for this object . In it may be seen ...
... offerings for the poor , in addition to the presents appropriated to themselves . In one corner of the enclosure is a stone box , which is the common . treasury for the reception of the gifts intended for this object . In it may be seen ...
Page 63
... offering . On the left side of the doorway is a larger figure of a dog ; and above it are ten small paintings , representing the ten avatars of Vishņu . The door itself is carved and embellished not inelegantly . On passing through into ...
... offering . On the left side of the doorway is a larger figure of a dog ; and above it are ten small paintings , representing the ten avatars of Vishņu . The door itself is carved and embellished not inelegantly . On passing through into ...
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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