The Sacred City of the Hindus: An Account of Benares in Ancient and Modern TimesTrübner & Company, 1868 - 388 pages |
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Page 38
... present moment , is , I believe , rather in- creasing than diminishing . Judged merely by its ex- ternal appearances , Hinduism was never so flourishing as it is now . With general prosperity and universal peace , and with a Government ...
... present moment , is , I believe , rather in- creasing than diminishing . Judged merely by its ex- ternal appearances , Hinduism was never so flourishing as it is now . With general prosperity and universal peace , and with a Government ...
Page 39
... present day . Hinduism now is , externally , in a much more flourishing condition than it was then . All over North ... present new gifts ; though feeling that the days of their BENARES , PAST AND PRESENT . 39.
... present day . Hinduism now is , externally , in a much more flourishing condition than it was then . All over North ... present new gifts ; though feeling that the days of their BENARES , PAST AND PRESENT . 39.
Page 40
... present day , by a strong and painful conviction that his religion is in danger , that his children are growing up unsound in the Hindu faith , and that a new creed , to which the foreign rulers and governors of his country are attached ...
... present day , by a strong and painful conviction that his religion is in danger , that his children are growing up unsound in the Hindu faith , and that a new creed , to which the foreign rulers and governors of his country are attached ...
Page 42
... present one hundred thousand temples to the city , made this stipula- 42 BENARES , PAST AND PRESENT .
... present one hundred thousand temples to the city , made this stipula- 42 BENARES , PAST AND PRESENT .
Page 47
... present number of shrines at which these deities are venerated . Ganes especially , the god of wisdom , son of S'iva and Párvatí , is very extensively worshipped in Benares ; and there is scarcely a temple in some niche or corner of ...
... present number of shrines at which these deities are venerated . Ganes especially , the god of wisdom , son of S'iva and Párvatí , is very extensively worshipped in Benares ; and there is scarcely a temple in some niche or corner of ...
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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