The Sacred City of the Hindus: An Account of Benares in Ancient and Modern TimesTrübner & Company, 1868 - 388 pages |
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Page 100
... residence , but stands apart from all the shrines . It is made of stone , and is three feet high above its base , and ten inches or a foot in thickness . Its name is Kot - Lingeswar , from the circumstance that its surface is supposed ...
... residence , but stands apart from all the shrines . It is made of stone , and is three feet high above its base , and ten inches or a foot in thickness . Its name is Kot - Lingeswar , from the circumstance that its surface is supposed ...
Page 108
... residence in Kashi . " 1 1 Only one of these streams , namely , the Ganges , is visible ; but the remaining four are supposed , by the credulous , to be somewhere under ground . The ghát is broad and deep , and exceedingly strong . Its ...
... residence in Kashi . " 1 1 Only one of these streams , namely , the Ganges , is visible ; but the remaining four are supposed , by the credulous , to be somewhere under ground . The ghát is broad and deep , and exceedingly strong . Its ...
Page 141
... residence , and transformed himself into the form of an aged Brahman . After a time he sought an interview with the Raja , and was received by him with much respect . The Raja begged he would ask of him whatever he wished to have ...
... residence , and transformed himself into the form of an aged Brahman . After a time he sought an interview with the Raja , and was received by him with much respect . The Raja begged he would ask of him whatever he wished to have ...
Page 149
... residence in Benares . Such is the origin of the temple here , as given in the Kásí- khanda . There is a temple dedicated to Kedareswar near the famous temple of Harináth , on Mount Himá- chal , to which so many pilgrims yearly resort ...
... residence in Benares . Such is the origin of the temple here , as given in the Kásí- khanda . There is a temple dedicated to Kedareswar near the famous temple of Harináth , on Mount Himá- chal , to which so many pilgrims yearly resort ...
Page 164
... residence of the golden - faced goddess Bágeśwarí . A short distance from this shrine is an immodest figure of a woman , in bass - relief . Between the platform and the temple , which , together with its porch , occupies most of the ...
... residence of the golden - faced goddess Bágeśwarí . A short distance from this shrine is an immodest figure of a woman , in bass - relief . Between the platform and the temple , which , together with its porch , occupies most of the ...
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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