The Sacred City of the Hindus: An Account of Benares in Ancient and Modern TimesTrübner & Company, 1868 - 388 pages |
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Page 37
... showing the extent to which the spirit of idolatry has permeated all classes , that pandits and thinking men , who ought to know better , join in the general practice . The only persons that do not heartily engage in it are converts.
... showing the extent to which the spirit of idolatry has permeated all classes , that pandits and thinking men , who ought to know better , join in the general practice . The only persons that do not heartily engage in it are converts.
Page 38
... persons , — the number of whom may be large , but which it is impossible to calculate , who have paid serious attention to the exposition of Christian truth by missionaries , and who , although not outwardly accepting Christianity , are ...
... persons , — the number of whom may be large , but which it is impossible to calculate , who have paid serious attention to the exposition of Christian truth by missionaries , and who , although not outwardly accepting Christianity , are ...
Page 46
... persons , the complete results of their strange religion . To speak plainly , and yet without extravagance , the moral nature of such Hindus has become so distorted , that , to a large extent , they have forgotten the essential ...
... persons , the complete results of their strange religion . To speak plainly , and yet without extravagance , the moral nature of such Hindus has become so distorted , that , to a large extent , they have forgotten the essential ...
Page 49
... persons ; yet many of them , by their carriage , and by the jewels and gold with which they are adorned , show that they occupy a very respectable position in native society . The women are , for the most part , thoroughly clothed ; and ...
... persons ; yet many of them , by their carriage , and by the jewels and gold with which they are adorned , show that they occupy a very respectable position in native society . The women are , for the most part , thoroughly clothed ; and ...
Page 57
... persons that can afford it put aside a quantity of pulse , and moisten it over night , and , in the morning , give it away , in handfuls , to the poor . Only one handful is given to each person ; but , as he and all the members of his ...
... persons that can afford it put aside a quantity of pulse , and moisten it over night , and , in the morning , give it away , in handfuls , to the poor . Only one handful is given to each person ; but , as he and all the members of his ...
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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