The Sacred City of the Hindus: An Account of Benares in Ancient and Modern TimesTrübner & Company, 1868 - 388 pages |
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Page 45
... referred to in their popular songs , which , perhaps , would be sufficient proof for our pur- pose , yet , more especially , according to the number- less statements and narratives found in their sacred writings , on which these ...
... referred to in their popular songs , which , perhaps , would be sufficient proof for our pur- pose , yet , more especially , according to the number- less statements and narratives found in their sacred writings , on which these ...
Page 62
... other remarkable objects , which will be pre- sently referred to . The worship of Danḍpán , and the function attributed to this extraordinary divinity , con- stitute a climax of absurdity . But the Hindu is 62 BENARES , PAST AND PRESENT .
... other remarkable objects , which will be pre- sently referred to . The worship of Danḍpán , and the function attributed to this extraordinary divinity , con- stitute a climax of absurdity . But the Hindu is 62 BENARES , PAST AND PRESENT .
Page 81
... referred to in Hindu writings . A curious circumstance is connected with its modern history . Upwards of thirty years ago , an English magistrate of Benares , while making improvements in the city , determined that this temple should be ...
... referred to in Hindu writings . A curious circumstance is connected with its modern history . Upwards of thirty years ago , an English magistrate of Benares , while making improvements in the city , determined that this temple should be ...
Page 92
... in this quarter of the city , are , likewise , elaborately carved . These , it is possible , are connected with the same era as the figures just referred to . 93 CHAPTER VI . BENARES , Kásí , and Kedár 92 BENARES , PAST AND PRESENT .
... in this quarter of the city , are , likewise , elaborately carved . These , it is possible , are connected with the same era as the figures just referred to . 93 CHAPTER VI . BENARES , Kásí , and Kedár 92 BENARES , PAST AND PRESENT .
Page 96
... referred . It is not known , with certainty , when the above works were written ; but this , however , is well ascertained , that not one of them was written till several hundred years after the date of the Buddhist edifices the remains ...
... referred . It is not known , with certainty , when the above works were written ; but this , however , is well ascertained , that not one of them was written till several hundred years after the date of the Buddhist edifices the remains ...
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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