The Sacred City of the Hindus: An Account of Benares in Ancient and Modern TimesTrübner & Company, 1868 - 388 pages |
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Page 58
... Passing through the doorway into the quadrangle , a similar system of alms- giving and almstaking displays itself . The priests of the temple , too , receive offerings for the poor , in addition to the presents appropriated to ...
... Passing through the doorway into the quadrangle , a similar system of alms- giving and almstaking displays itself . The priests of the temple , too , receive offerings for the poor , in addition to the presents appropriated to ...
Page 60
... should not have conferred one on them ; and , so long as he lives in Benares , he will pass his time happily , and , at death , will depart to the realms of ' Siva . 61 - CHAPTER IV . - Temple of Bhaironáth , 60 BENARES , PAST AND PRESENT .
... should not have conferred one on them ; and , so long as he lives in Benares , he will pass his time happily , and , at death , will depart to the realms of ' Siva . 61 - CHAPTER IV . - Temple of Bhaironáth , 60 BENARES , PAST AND PRESENT .
Page 63
... passing through into the quad- rangle , I was struck with the confined position of the temple , which fills up a large portion of the entire area ; so that from the quadrangle itself it is impossible to gain more than a very limited ...
... passing through into the quad- rangle , I was struck with the confined position of the temple , which fills up a large portion of the entire area ; so that from the quadrangle itself it is impossible to gain more than a very limited ...
Page 64
... passes over children , women , and other people , and thereby , it is believed , wards off from them imps and evil spirits who may seek to do them harm . He also keeps in a prominent position a cup made from a cocoa - nut shell , into ...
... passes over children , women , and other people , and thereby , it is believed , wards off from them imps and evil spirits who may seek to do them harm . He also keeps in a prominent position a cup made from a cocoa - nut shell , into ...
Page 66
... passing under an archway to the left , you come to the temple of Daṇḍ- pán , already partially described . Here is , also , a famous well called Kál - kúp , or the Well of Fate . Over the trellis - work of the outer wall of the building ...
... passing under an archway to the left , you come to the temple of Daṇḍ- pán , already partially described . Here is , also , a famous well called Kál - kúp , or the Well of Fate . Over the trellis - work of the outer wall of the building ...
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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