The Sacred City of the Hindus: An Account of Benares in Ancient and Modern TimesTrübner & Company, 1868 - 388 pages |
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... thousand There are a hundred temples of the ( Hindu ) gods , and about ten thousand heretics ( Hindus ) , who , for the most part , worship the god Ta - tseu - thsaď ( Maheswara ) . Some cut off their hair ; others preserve a tuft upon ...
... thousand There are a hundred temples of the ( Hindu ) gods , and about ten thousand heretics ( Hindus ) , who , for the most part , worship the god Ta - tseu - thsaď ( Maheswara ) . Some cut off their hair ; others preserve a tuft upon ...
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... thousand years , she gave the same support to Buddhism which she had previously given to the Hindu faith . Bud- dhist works of that era have abundant allusions to Benares , and clearly establish the fact that the Bud- dhist of those ...
... thousand years , she gave the same support to Buddhism which she had previously given to the Hindu faith . Bud- dhist works of that era have abundant allusions to Benares , and clearly establish the fact that the Bud- dhist of those ...
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... different from those of ordinary mortals . In Benares there are not fewer than from twenty to twenty - five thousand Brahmans . They have control over the temples , the sacred wells , streams , BENARES , PAST AND PRESENT . 15.
... different from those of ordinary mortals . In Benares there are not fewer than from twenty to twenty - five thousand Brahmans . They have control over the temples , the sacred wells , streams , BENARES , PAST AND PRESENT . 15.
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... thousands of temples , her myriads of idols , her swarms of pilgrims , her hosts of daily worshippers , together with the pomp and cir- cumstance and multifarious representations of idolatry , in their vast aggregate , cause the Hindu ...
... thousands of temples , her myriads of idols , her swarms of pilgrims , her hosts of daily worshippers , together with the pomp and cir- cumstance and multifarious representations of idolatry , in their vast aggregate , cause the Hindu ...
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... thousand has taken the smallest practical interest in bringing to the light of day its hidden historical trea- sures . It is a hopeful sign of the times , that curiosity on this subject is now being extensively excited ; but it has ...
... thousand has taken the smallest practical interest in bringing to the light of day its hidden historical trea- sures . It is a hopeful sign of the times , that curiosity on this subject is now being extensively excited ; but it has ...
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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-laď 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