The Sacred City of the Hindus: An Account of Benares in Ancient and Modern TimesTrübner & Company, 1868 - 388 pages |
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Page 124
... tank is now situated , and would have effected an entrance into the holy city itself , had not Bhairo- nath , the koṭwal or deified Chief Magistrate of the place , met him there . An encounter immediately com- menced between these two ...
... tank is now situated , and would have effected an entrance into the holy city itself , had not Bhairo- nath , the koṭwal or deified Chief Magistrate of the place , met him there . An encounter immediately com- menced between these two ...
Page 125
... tank is a square , with gháts or stairs on the four sides . A portion of the ghát , to the east , was erected , about eighty years ago , by Gopál Dás Sáhu ; and the remaining portion , and also a temple on the bank , by a Hindu lady ...
... tank is a square , with gháts or stairs on the four sides . A portion of the ghát , to the east , was erected , about eighty years ago , by Gopál Dás Sáhu ; and the remaining portion , and also a temple on the bank , by a Hindu lady ...
Page 126
... tank , which has fewer in number than the rest . Away from the temple itself , but resting upon the raised pedestal on which the temple stands , is one of those curious stones repre- senting a multitude of tiny shrines , found in ...
... tank , which has fewer in number than the rest . Away from the temple itself , but resting upon the raised pedestal on which the temple stands , is one of those curious stones repre- senting a multitude of tiny shrines , found in ...
Page 127
... tank situated on the south - west side of the city , and originally consisted of twelve wells dedicated to the Sun. Two of the wells are still traceable beneath the surface of the water . A temple is above the tank ; and on the same ...
... tank situated on the south - west side of the city , and originally consisted of twelve wells dedicated to the Sun. Two of the wells are still traceable beneath the surface of the water . A temple is above the tank ; and on the same ...
Page 143
... tank , near by , called Rudrasar , which shares in the sanctity of the neighbourhood . For fifteen days the bathing and practice of religious ceremonies continue , the virtue of each day increasing in an arithmetical series ; so that ...
... tank , near by , called Rudrasar , which shares in the sanctity of the neighbourhood . For fifteen days the bathing and practice of religious ceremonies continue , the virtue of each day increasing in an arithmetical series ; so that ...
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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