The Sacred City of the Hindus: An Account of Benares in Ancient and Modern TimesTrübner & Company, 1868 - 388 pages |
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... remarkable and abundant , and have contributed so many additions to our small stock of knowledge respecting ancient India , that the appetite for these researches has become more and more strongly whetted , and the belief has ori ...
... remarkable and abundant , and have contributed so many additions to our small stock of knowledge respecting ancient India , that the appetite for these researches has become more and more strongly whetted , and the belief has ori ...
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... remarkable , which any one on the spot , interested in the subject , would , very likely , find to be deserving of his attention . 37 CHAPTER III . PURANIC form of Modern Hinduism.— Increase 36 BENARES , PAST AND PRESENT .
... remarkable , which any one on the spot , interested in the subject , would , very likely , find to be deserving of his attention . 37 CHAPTER III . PURANIC form of Modern Hinduism.— Increase 36 BENARES , PAST AND PRESENT .
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... remarkable , too , as showing the extent to which the spirit of idolatry has permeated all classes , that pandits and thinking men , who ought to know better , join in the general practice . The only persons that do not heartily engage ...
... remarkable , too , as showing the extent to which the spirit of idolatry has permeated all classes , that pandits and thinking men , who ought to know better , join in the general practice . The only persons that do not heartily engage ...
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... remarkable instance of this . One day on entering the courtyard of the temple of Annpúrṇá , the goddess of plenty , my attention was arrested by an aged woman seated on the ground in front of a small clay figure , which , I ascertained ...
... remarkable instance of this . One day on entering the courtyard of the temple of Annpúrṇá , the goddess of plenty , my attention was arrested by an aged woman seated on the ground in front of a small clay figure , which , I ascertained ...
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... 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 .
... 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 .
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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