The Sacred City of the Hindus: An Account of Benares in Ancient and Modern TimesTrübner & Company, 1868 - 388 pages |
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Page 17
... once cheered and comforted with the treacherous lie , that his sins are forgiven and his soul is saved . In Benares , therefore , Hinduism may be said to dwell at home , in the bosom of its best friends and admirers , courted by princes ...
... once cheered and comforted with the treacherous lie , that his sins are forgiven and his soul is saved . In Benares , therefore , Hinduism may be said to dwell at home , in the bosom of its best friends and admirers , courted by princes ...
Page 27
... once decided . From an ignorance of primitive types , mistakes of five hundred or a thousand years or upwards may be easily made . In judging , therefore , of the age of the relics found in Benares , we have , in reality , very little ...
... once decided . From an ignorance of primitive types , mistakes of five hundred or a thousand years or upwards may be easily made . In judging , therefore , of the age of the relics found in Benares , we have , in reality , very little ...
Page 28
... once struck with the contrast , and at the extraordinary de- velopment which the style - the same fundamentally in both instances has received . Various intermediate stages of diversity are represented in other buildings ; but I cannot ...
... once struck with the contrast , and at the extraordinary de- velopment which the style - the same fundamentally in both instances has received . Various intermediate stages of diversity are represented in other buildings ; but I cannot ...
Page 33
... once be convinced that the aspects of the city differ greatly from one another . He will be especially struck by the apparent newness and freshness of the houses on the southern side , as compared with those on the northern side ; and ...
... once be convinced that the aspects of the city differ greatly from one another . He will be especially struck by the apparent newness and freshness of the houses on the southern side , as compared with those on the northern side ; and ...
Page 53
... once erected one , they were not suf fered to make use of it , on account of the excitement that the circumstance occasioned among the Hindu population , which was only allayed by the timely inter- ference of the Magistrate of Benares ...
... once erected one , they were not suf fered to make use of it , on account of the excitement that the circumstance occasioned among the Hindu population , which was only allayed by the timely inter- ference of the Magistrate of Benares ...
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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