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
... supposed to have a koti or ten millions of the emblems of Siva carved upon it . The actual number cut out on the superficies of the stone is not more than a few hundred ; but the Hindus are not particular in their definition of numbers ...
... supposed to have a koti or ten millions of the emblems of Siva carved upon it . The actual number cut out on the superficies of the stone is not more than a few hundred ; but the Hindus are not particular in their definition of numbers ...
Page 108
... supposed , by the credulous , to be somewhere under ground . The ghát is broad and deep , and exceedingly strong . Its stairs and turrets are all of stone , and , from their great number , afford accommodation to a multitude of wor ...
... supposed , by the credulous , to be somewhere under ground . The ghát is broad and deep , and exceedingly strong . Its stairs and turrets are all of stone , and , from their great number , afford accommodation to a multitude of wor ...
Page 113
... supposed to guard the passage . Passing along , we come to the first court , in which is a kettle- drum , which is beaten at intervals during the day , in honour of the presiding divinity . Proceeding into the second court , an ...
... supposed to guard the passage . Passing along , we come to the first court , in which is a kettle- drum , which is beaten at intervals during the day , in honour of the presiding divinity . Proceeding into the second court , an ...
Page 117
... supposed that it was an object of sur- passing splendour , with diamond - sparkling eyes , and a body of gold , adorned with garlands , necklaces , and bracelets , of costly value and of dazzling beauty . But its pretensions are of a ...
... supposed that it was an object of sur- passing splendour , with diamond - sparkling eyes , and a body of gold , adorned with garlands , necklaces , and bracelets , of costly value and of dazzling beauty . But its pretensions are of a ...
Page 129
... supposed to exercise great power over the clouds , in procuring rain . The image is in a cistern , low down in the centre of the temple . If the idol is properly wor- shipped and kept drenched with water , pious Hin- dus believe that he ...
... supposed to exercise great power over the clouds , in procuring rain . The image is in a cistern , low down in the centre of the temple . If the idol is properly wor- shipped and kept drenched with water , pious Hin- dus believe that he ...
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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