The Sacred City of the Hindus: An Account of Benares in Ancient and Modern TimesTrübner & Company, 1868 - 388 pages |
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Page 84
... Brahmanism . As there is no record of any other creed having become supreme in Benares besides these two , which , we know , successively were so , it is not unlikely that Divodás , who was , evi- dently , a sworn enemy of the Brahmans ...
... Brahmanism . As there is no record of any other creed having become supreme in Benares besides these two , which , we know , successively were so , it is not unlikely that Divodás , who was , evi- dently , a sworn enemy of the Brahmans ...
Page 102
... Brahmans , are helped across by the sacred cow , who swims before , and drags them along by her tail , which they grasp fast hold of with their hands . This explanation was given by the priests ; for , really , no cow was visible as the ...
... Brahmans , are helped across by the sacred cow , who swims before , and drags them along by her tail , which they grasp fast hold of with their hands . This explanation was given by the priests ; for , really , no cow was visible as the ...
Page 136
... Brahmans to keep the building and its instruments in repair , and so prevent them from falling into decay ; but they seem to be utterly careless on these points , and are allowing the hot sun and the drenching rains of summer to play ...
... Brahmans to keep the building and its instruments in repair , and so prevent them from falling into decay ; but they seem to be utterly careless on these points , and are allowing the hot sun and the drenching rains of summer to play ...
Page 148
... Brahmans , which , as is fondly asserted , are capable of producing such an astounding and impossible result . The principal temple in the centre of the quadrangle , like the temples at each of its corners , is surmounted by a dome ...
... Brahmans , which , as is fondly asserted , are capable of producing such an astounding and impossible result . The principal temple in the centre of the quadrangle , like the temples at each of its corners , is surmounted by a dome ...
Page 153
... Brahmans . The hair is arranged in a manner altogether different from that which the modern Hindus practise . It is said that Aurungzeb mutilated this statue . The thighs are imbedded in the ground ; but the legs , I was told , from the ...
... Brahmans . The hair is arranged in a manner altogether different from that which the modern Hindus practise . It is said that Aurungzeb mutilated this statue . The thighs are imbedded in the ground ; but the legs , I was told , from the ...
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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