The Sacred City of the Hindus: An Account of Benares in Ancient and Modern TimesTrübner & Company, 1868 - 388 pages |
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Page 74
... representing Bhairo , the Sun , Hanu- mán , and Lakshmínáráyan or Vishnu , and his wife Lakshmí . Immediately opposite to the temple of Kálí are two wells . The first is shallow , and contains putrid water , whose disgusting fetor fills ...
... representing Bhairo , the Sun , Hanu- mán , and Lakshmínáráyan or Vishnu , and his wife Lakshmí . Immediately opposite to the temple of Kálí are two wells . The first is shallow , and contains putrid water , whose disgusting fetor fills ...
Page 75
... representing the linga . They are nine in number , of which several are , appa- rently , very old . Two stone figures of satis have also been placed here , in commemoration of the self - immo- lation of widows on this spot in former ...
... representing the linga . They are nine in number , of which several are , appa- rently , very old . Two stone figures of satis have also been placed here , in commemoration of the self - immo- lation of widows on this spot in former ...
Page 79
... represented , in its true colours , the heinous sin he had committed in reviling Mahádeva , and in utterly defeating the sacred festival , the sacrifice at which could not possibly be performed without the presence of that deity ...
... represented , in its true colours , the heinous sin he had committed in reviling Mahádeva , and in utterly defeating the sacred festival , the sacrifice at which could not possibly be performed without the presence of that deity ...
Page 81
... representing to him the great sin he was intending to commit , ordered him to forbear from the execution of such an evil design ; and that , on awaking , the sahib , in obedience to the divine admonition , laid aside his levelling ...
... representing to him the great sin he was intending to commit , ordered him to forbear from the execution of such an evil design ; and that , on awaking , the sahib , in obedience to the divine admonition , laid aside his levelling ...
Page 89
... representing three serpents ; and , on the floor , is an emblem of Mahadeva in stone , with a snake crawling up it . The well is visited , for religious purposes , only once in the year , namely , on the 24th and 25th days of the month ...
... representing three serpents ; and , on the floor , is an emblem of Mahadeva in stone , with a snake crawling up it . The well is visited , for religious purposes , only once in the year , namely , on the 24th and 25th days of the month ...
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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