The Sacred City of the Hindus: An Account of Benares in Ancient and Modern TimesTrübner & Company, 1868 - 388 pages |
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Page 69
... original well as built by divine hands ; and , although the singular fact of several joinings being visible is , to the un- initiated , a slight difficulty in the way of such an asser- tion , yet the Hindus , brushing aside such a ...
... original well as built by divine hands ; and , although the singular fact of several joinings being visible is , to the un- initiated , a slight difficulty in the way of such an asser- tion , yet the Hindus , brushing aside such a ...
Page 88
... original state . The stairs , I suspect , are not of great date . On the inside of those to the east is an in- scription , to the effect , that , in 1825 Samvat , or nearly one hundred years ago , a Raja extensively repaired the well ...
... original state . The stairs , I suspect , are not of great date . On the inside of those to the east is an in- scription , to the effect , that , in 1825 Samvat , or nearly one hundred years ago , a Raja extensively repaired the well ...
Page 94
... original site . The priests tell you , that , where temples now stand , others once stood , and that the deities now worshipped have been worshipped at these precise spots through all past time ; but this , of course , is said with the ...
... original site . The priests tell you , that , where temples now stand , others once stood , and that the deities now worshipped have been worshipped at these precise spots through all past time ; but this , of course , is said with the ...
Page 99
... original Tri- lochan temple was earlier even than this . Some of the numerous idols deposited within the circuit of the quad- rangle exhibit signs of an age equal to , if not greater than , that ascribed to the earlier fane . On ...
... original Tri- lochan temple was earlier even than this . Some of the numerous idols deposited within the circuit of the quad- rangle exhibit signs of an age equal to , if not greater than , that ascribed to the earlier fane . On ...
Page 135
... original purpose of their designer . But little use , I fear , is now made of them , beyond the calculation of eclipses , festival days , horoscopes , and other matters of practi- cal interest to the people . Many Europeans passing ...
... original purpose of their designer . But little use , I fear , is now made of them , beyond the calculation of eclipses , festival days , horoscopes , and other matters of practi- cal interest to the people . Many Europeans passing ...
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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