The Sacred City of the Hindus: An Account of Benares in Ancient and Modern TimesTrübner & Company, 1868 - 388 pages |
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Page 33
... road leading towards the can- tonments , thence making a detour as far as Durgá - kund until he again reaches the Ganges , he will at once be convinced that the aspects of the city differ greatly from one another . He will be especially ...
... road leading towards the can- tonments , thence making a detour as far as Durgá - kund until he again reaches the Ganges , he will at once be convinced that the aspects of the city differ greatly from one another . He will be especially ...
Page 47
... road or sacred boundary of Benares , extending for nearly fifty miles . In issuing his orders , he acts through Bhaironáth , who is the deified kotwál or god- magistrate of Benares and its extensive suburbs . Every matter of importance ...
... road or sacred boundary of Benares , extending for nearly fifty miles . In issuing his orders , he acts through Bhaironáth , who is the deified kotwál or god- magistrate of Benares and its extensive suburbs . Every matter of importance ...
Page 48
... road , and are the gods or idols located there , who are supposed to act as chaukidárs or watchmen over the entire boundary . The office of these watchmen is to ward off all evil from the sacred city , to contend with such enemies as ...
... road , and are the gods or idols located there , who are supposed to act as chaukidárs or watchmen over the entire boundary . The office of these watchmen is to ward off all evil from the sacred city , to contend with such enemies as ...
Page 53
... road ; but the Hindus will not allow the Mohammedans to pluck a single leaf from it . The Government , as a kind of trustee of the mosque , still pays , periodically , or did so not long since , the interest of money belonging to it ...
... road ; but the Hindus will not allow the Mohammedans to pluck a single leaf from it . The Government , as a kind of trustee of the mosque , still pays , periodically , or did so not long since , the interest of money belonging to it ...
Page 59
... road , must pay a visit to this shrine , in order that the fact of their pilgrimage may be verified . Should they neglect to do this , all their pilgrimage would be without merit or profit . The temple is in a square , and was erected ...
... road , must pay a visit to this shrine , in order that the fact of their pilgrimage may be verified . Should they neglect to do this , all their pilgrimage would be without merit or profit . The temple is in a square , and was erected ...
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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