The Sacred City of the Hindus: An Account of Benares in Ancient and Modern TimesTrübner & Company, 1868 - 388 pages |
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Page 149
... statues is a door leading into the in- terior of the shrine , and to its outer framework sixty- seven small lamps are attached , which are lighted up with oil every evening . Within the temple is the god Kedareswar , who is represented ...
... statues is a door leading into the in- terior of the shrine , and to its outer framework sixty- seven small lamps are attached , which are lighted up with oil every evening . Within the temple is the god Kedareswar , who is represented ...
Page 152
... statue . Its head is two feet in height , and a foot in breadth ; and its body is of proportionate size . The height of the head is partly owing to the mode in which the hair is arranged upon it ; for it is plaited and bound round the ...
... statue . Its head is two feet in height , and a foot in breadth ; and its body is of proportionate size . The height of the head is partly owing to the mode in which the hair is arranged upon it ; for it is plaited and bound round the ...
Page 153
... statue . The thighs are imbedded in the ground ; but the legs , I was told , from the knees downwards , are not in existence . The statue is symmetrically pro- portioned , and its parts are finely chiselled . Hindu sculptors of the ...
... statue . The thighs are imbedded in the ground ; but the legs , I was told , from the knees downwards , are not in existence . The statue is symmetrically pro- portioned , and its parts are finely chiselled . Hindu sculptors of the ...
Page 170
... statue . Here , too , is Vayu , or the wind ; Súrya , or the sun ; Agni , or fire ; and Chandramá , or the moon ; the latter having rays of glory darting from her head , and being seated in a carriage drawn by two deer . A number of ...
... statue . Here , too , is Vayu , or the wind ; Súrya , or the sun ; Agni , or fire ; and Chandramá , or the moon ; the latter having rays of glory darting from her head , and being seated in a carriage drawn by two deer . A number of ...
Page 171
... with much taste . The statue is surrounded by an iron palisade tipped with small brass knobs . In front of the main entrance is the third figure , which is that of a lion , intended as the BENARES , PAST AND PRESENT . 171.
... with much taste . The statue is surrounded by an iron palisade tipped with small brass knobs . In front of the main entrance is the third figure , which is that of a lion , intended as the BENARES , PAST AND PRESENT . 171.
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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