The Sacred City of the Hindus: An Account of Benares in Ancient and Modern TimesTrübner & Company, 1868 - 388 pages |
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Page 70
... probably intended to represent the chakr or discus ; but , as the charan is generally thought to be peculiar to Buddha and Jain places of worship , the emblem is , probably , of modern and spurious introduction where it is here set up ...
... probably intended to represent the chakr or discus ; but , as the charan is generally thought to be peculiar to Buddha and Jain places of worship , the emblem is , probably , of modern and spurious introduction where it is here set up ...
Page 87
... probably , nearly , if not quite , coeval with the building of the Mahalla or ward itself , which , we may imagine , was described as that part of the city containing the well - the well being the most important and noticeable object ...
... probably , nearly , if not quite , coeval with the building of the Mahalla or ward itself , which , we may imagine , was described as that part of the city containing the well - the well being the most important and noticeable object ...
Page 105
... probably had purchased in the bazar the very idols which I saw him worship . The temple of Ad - Mahadeva , like the temple of Nir- buddheswar , is unadorned and plain . In the porch is a very old chair , in which , in former days , a ...
... probably had purchased in the bazar the very idols which I saw him worship . The temple of Ad - Mahadeva , like the temple of Nir- buddheswar , is unadorned and plain . In the porch is a very old chair , in which , in former days , a ...
Page 109
... representing the Moon , made of a pale metal , probably silver , and exhibiting the various parts of the face , as in the case of the Sun , but without gilding or glory . A few feet in BENARES , PAST AND PRESENT . 109.
... representing the Moon , made of a pale metal , probably silver , and exhibiting the various parts of the face , as in the case of the Sun , but without gilding or glory . A few feet in BENARES , PAST AND PRESENT . 109.
Page 151
... probably , by his own name , in selecting the divinity he has here honoured with a shrine . In this neighbourhood , but in a south - westerly direct- ion from Mánsarwar , is the monstrous idol Tilubhan- ḍeśwar , which is , by ...
... probably , by his own name , in selecting the divinity he has here honoured with a shrine . In this neighbourhood , but in a south - westerly direct- ion from Mánsarwar , is the monstrous idol Tilubhan- ḍeśwar , which is , by ...
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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