The Sacred City of the Hindus: An Account of Benares in Ancient and Modern TimesTrübner & Company, 1868 - 388 pages |
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Page 123
... bathe in its waters at least once a year . These waters are considered to have a peculiar efficacy in ensuring deliverance from the power of demons and all kinds of evil spirits , in preventing horrible dreams , or destroying their bad ...
... bathe in its waters at least once a year . These waters are considered to have a peculiar efficacy in ensuring deliverance from the power of demons and all kinds of evil spirits , in preventing horrible dreams , or destroying their bad ...
Page 127
... bathed in its waters , and if he made an image of the Sun and worshipped it , he should be healed of his disease . All this he is reported to have done ; and , the tradition adds , he was healed . Hence , it BENARES , PAST AND PRESENT .
... bathed in its waters , and if he made an image of the Sun and worshipped it , he should be healed of his disease . All this he is reported to have done ; and , the tradition adds , he was healed . Hence , it BENARES , PAST AND PRESENT .
Page 142
... bathed there . ― Brahmá constituted Daśáśamedh the prince of places of pilgrimage , equal to Prayág ( Allahabad ) . Should a Hindu , therefore , wishing to proceed to Prayág , at the time of the melá or religious festival there , not be ...
... bathed there . ― Brahmá constituted Daśáśamedh the prince of places of pilgrimage , equal to Prayág ( Allahabad ) . Should a Hindu , therefore , wishing to proceed to Prayág , at the time of the melá or religious festival there , not be ...
Page 143
... bathe at this ghát , and , also , in a small 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 ...
... bathe at this ghát , and , also , in a small 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 ...
Page 167
... bathe in the water , with the view of frustra- ting the efforts of the voracious demon , who persists in temporarily swallowing the moon . On its western side . is a temple built by the same lady . In this Mahalla , which is called ...
... bathe in the water , with the view of frustra- ting the efforts of the voracious demon , who persists in temporarily swallowing the moon . On its western side . is a temple built by the same lady . In this Mahalla , which is called ...
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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