The Sacred City of the Hindus: An Account of Benares in Ancient and Modern TimesTrübner & Company, 1868 - 388 pages |
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Page 13
... less than half as numerous as the devotees of Buddhism . Buddha was a philosopher , a reasoner , a calm disputant , employ- ing no physical force whatever ; while the morality which he enforced was the purest the world ever saw , apart ...
... less than half as numerous as the devotees of Buddhism . Buddha was a philosopher , a reasoner , a calm disputant , employ- ing no physical force whatever ; while the morality which he enforced was the purest the world ever saw , apart ...
Page 22
... less ornamented style , were erected still earlier and even these were preceded by wooden buildings . If this be correct , why should not at least the same antiquity be conceded to Indian sculptures subsequent to the wooden period ? Is ...
... less ornamented style , were erected still earlier and even these were preceded by wooden buildings . If this be correct , why should not at least the same antiquity be conceded to Indian sculptures subsequent to the wooden period ? Is ...
Page 27
... less antiquity , then we can predicate of the buildings which formerly stood in this part of Benares various stages of antiquity . Some of the capitals , pillars , bases , architraves , and mouldings are most severely simple in their ...
... less antiquity , then we can predicate of the buildings which formerly stood in this part of Benares various stages of antiquity . Some of the capitals , pillars , bases , architraves , and mouldings are most severely simple in their ...
Page 36
... less remarkable , which any one on the spot , interested in the subject , would , very likely , find to be deserving of his attention . 37 CHAPTER III . PURANIC form of Modern Hinduism.— Increase 36 BENARES , PAST AND PRESENT .
... less remarkable , which any one on the spot , interested in the subject , would , very likely , find to be deserving of his attention . 37 CHAPTER III . PURANIC form of Modern Hinduism.— Increase 36 BENARES , PAST AND PRESENT .
Page 37
... less tinctures the philosophical creed of many ; but the staple religion of the masses is the lowest and grossest form of idolatry the worship of uncouth idols , of monsters , of the linga and other indecent figures , and of a multi ...
... less tinctures the philosophical creed of many ; but the staple religion of the masses is the lowest and grossest form of idolatry the worship of uncouth idols , of monsters , of the linga and other indecent figures , and of a multi ...
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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