The Sacred City of the Hindus: An Account of Benares in Ancient and Modern TimesTrübner & Company, 1868 - 388 pages |
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Page 41
... shrines , the niches in the walls , the cavities inside and outside many of the houses , and the spaces on the gháts , in which images in immense multitudes were and are still deposited . These secondary shrines , if they be worthy of ...
... shrines , the niches in the walls , the cavities inside and outside many of the houses , and the spaces on the gháts , in which images in immense multitudes were and are still deposited . These secondary shrines , if they be worthy of ...
Page 42
... shrines and sacred niches abounding in the city , it would be incomparably more so to enumerate the idols actually worshipped by the people . These inferior shrines were , on one occasion , by a curious contrivance , immensely increased ...
... shrines and sacred niches abounding in the city , it would be incomparably more so to enumerate the idols actually worshipped by the people . These inferior shrines were , on one occasion , by a curious contrivance , immensely increased ...
Page 46
... temples are of modern date ; but many of them occupy , in popular belief , the sites of immemorial shrines long since displaced by their successors . It is , therefore , a common reply which one receives 46 BENARES , PAST AND PRESENT .
... temples are of modern date ; but many of them occupy , in popular belief , the sites of immemorial shrines long since displaced by their successors . It is , therefore , a common reply which one receives 46 BENARES , PAST AND PRESENT .
Page 47
... shrine , that it is with- out date , and has always existed .. These original sites are numerous ; and each has a ... shrines at which these deities are venerated . Ganes especially , the god of wisdom , son of S'iva and Párvatí , is ...
... shrine , that it is with- out date , and has always existed .. These original sites are numerous ; and each has a ... shrines at which these deities are venerated . Ganes especially , the god of wisdom , son of S'iva and Párvatí , is ...
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... shrine , of which he , or rather his rapacious priests , are exceedingly fond . Although without mouth or throat , his thirst seems to be great ; for one of the most plentiful offerings presented to him is that of Ganges water , with ...
... shrine , of which he , or rather his rapacious priests , are exceedingly fond . Although without mouth or throat , his thirst seems to be great ; for one of the most plentiful offerings presented to him is that of Ganges water , with ...
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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