The Sacred City of the Hindus: An Account of Benares in Ancient and Modern TimesTrübner & Company, 1868 - 388 pages |
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... idols . Most of these latter are of a diminutive size , but not all ; for two figures in brass , covered over with cloth , so far as I could judge , appeared to be of imposing dimensions BENARES , PAST AND PRESENT . 147.
... idols . Most of these latter are of a diminutive size , but not all ; for two figures in brass , covered over with cloth , so far as I could judge , appeared to be of imposing dimensions BENARES , PAST AND PRESENT . 147.
Page 150
... cloth , or extending their hands for food and money . In this respect , the Kedáreśwar shrine reminds one very much of the temple of Annpúrná , where crowds of beg- gars are to be seen . The ghát descends from the eastern wall of the ...
... cloth , or extending their hands for food and money . In this respect , the Kedáreśwar shrine reminds one very much of the temple of Annpúrná , where crowds of beg- gars are to be seen . The ghát descends from the eastern wall of the ...
Page 155
... clothing , and set off by a nimbus painted on the wall behind ; her priest having intended her to look , not like a mere queen of earth , but like the queen of heaven . By the swing sits the priest , who , when so disposed , places in ...
... clothing , and set off by a nimbus painted on the wall behind ; her priest having intended her to look , not like a mere queen of earth , but like the queen of heaven . By the swing sits the priest , who , when so disposed , places in ...
Page 166
... cloth , and has a face of brass , or of silver , or of other kind of metal , according to the whim of the priests , who keep a stock of masks on hand , which fit on the head of the image . It is also decorated with a garland , rising ...
... cloth , and has a face of brass , or of silver , or of other kind of metal , according to the whim of the priests , who keep a stock of masks on hand , which fit on the head of the image . It is also decorated with a garland , rising ...
Page 224
... clothing , they proceed to the shrines of Hanumán , at the two places above re- ferred to . 27. The Diwalí Melá , held throughout the city , on the 15th day of the waning moon in Kártik . This is a day of great and general rejoicing ...
... clothing , they proceed to the shrines of Hanumán , at the two places above re- ferred to . 27. The Diwalí Melá , held throughout the city , on the 15th day of the waning moon in Kártik . This is a day of great and general rejoicing ...
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ANCIENT REMAINS antiquity Asiatic Society Aśoka Assyrian Bará Barna bass-relief Benares Bengal Bisheswar Brahmá Brahmans Buddha Buddhist building carved century Ceylon Chinese Christian cloth College containing Crown 8vo deities Demy 8vo Dialect DICTIONARY divine Durgá edifice enclosure English erected F. J. FURNIVALL feet figure FITZEDWARD HALL formerly Ganges Ghát Glossary goddess Government GRAMMAR ground Hensleigh Wedgwood Hindu Hinduism Hiouen Thsang honour hundred idols India Inscription Káśí king Language late LL.D Mahadeva Mahalla Melá miles Missionary modern Mohammedan monastery mosque native neighbourhood niche Notes original Pali pilgrimage pilgrims pillars plates portion Post 8vo present Prof Professor quadrangle Ráj Ghát Raja Rámnagar religion religious Rig-Veda river Royal 8vo Royal Asiatic Society ruins sacred Sanskrit Sárnáth sewed shrine side Siva spot stairs stone Stupa T. W. RHYS DAVIDS tank temple terrace Text tower Translated Vihára viii wall worship
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