The Sacred City of the Hindus: An Account of Benares in Ancient and Modern TimesTrübner & Company, 1868 - 388 pages |
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Page 12
... that there was no separate , self - existent Supreme God , but that each individual man , by con- templation , could rise into the divinity ; that all this was the ultimate result of that one man's energy , 12 BENARES , PAST AND PRESENT .
... that there was no separate , self - existent Supreme God , but that each individual man , by con- templation , could rise into the divinity ; that all this was the ultimate result of that one man's energy , 12 BENARES , PAST AND PRESENT .
Page 13
... I could see the eternal city , favoured of the gods ! Would that I might die on its sacred soil ! " Such are his thoughts and aspirations . There is no other city which so appeals to his BENARES , PAST AND PRESENT . 13.
... I could see the eternal city , favoured of the gods ! Would that I might die on its sacred soil ! " Such are his thoughts and aspirations . There is no other city which so appeals to his BENARES , PAST AND PRESENT . 13.
Page 14
... god , and deserves divine honours , -which is not a mere freak of a deluded imagination on his part , but is acknowledged by all Hindus , some of whom , as he pursues his way , will stop him , and then offer to him the adoration due ...
... god , and deserves divine honours , -which is not a mere freak of a deluded imagination on his part , but is acknowledged by all Hindus , some of whom , as he pursues his way , will stop him , and then offer to him the adoration due ...
Page 43
... gods from mud or clay , and , after paying divine honours to them , and that , too , with the same profound reverence which they display in their devotions before the well - known deities of the temples , to throw them away . I recall ...
... gods from mud or clay , and , after paying divine honours to them , and that , too , with the same profound reverence which they display in their devotions before the well - known deities of the temples , to throw them away . I recall ...
Page 44
... god , as the symbol of the worship he has paid him , which he wears all the day long . As he walks about , you may hear him muttering the names and sounding the praises of his gods . In greeting a friend , he accosts him in the name of ...
... god , as the symbol of the worship he has paid him , which he wears all the day long . As he walks about , you may hear him muttering the names and sounding the praises of his gods . In greeting a friend , he accosts him in the name of ...
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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