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Page 134
... images or idols , but who are symbolised by little mounds of clay , or by unhewn blocks of stone , or by trees . So far as the district of Champaran is concerned , these two aspects of Hinduism - the animistic and the metaphysical sides ...
... images or idols , but who are symbolised by little mounds of clay , or by unhewn blocks of stone , or by trees . So far as the district of Champaran is concerned , these two aspects of Hinduism - the animistic and the metaphysical sides ...
Page 138
... image , but is symbolised by a mound of clay . say , All these facts lead me to the conclusion that the godling Birchhe Deo was in course of promotion from being a simple animistic and supernatural being or divinity to the brevet - rank ...
... image , but is symbolised by a mound of clay . say , All these facts lead me to the conclusion that the godling Birchhe Deo was in course of promotion from being a simple animistic and supernatural being or divinity to the brevet - rank ...
Page 139
... images of those beasts by way of substitutes . It is , for this reason , that , along with other offerings , clay figurines of elephants are so often offered at the shrine of goddess Kāli.1 Then again , a person who has fallen into a ...
... images of those beasts by way of substitutes . It is , for this reason , that , along with other offerings , clay figurines of elephants are so often offered at the shrine of goddess Kāli.1 Then again , a person who has fallen into a ...
Page 153
... images could be distin- guished from one another . The hot springs of Bihar , which he was the first to describe , have been examined by several later observers , such as Kittoe , Sherwill and Waddell , but their own accounts are in no ...
... images could be distin- guished from one another . The hot springs of Bihar , which he was the first to describe , have been examined by several later observers , such as Kittoe , Sherwill and Waddell , but their own accounts are in no ...
Page 177
... images carved in relievo on stone . One is a female . The whole is called Goriya , or the deity of the fort , and sacrifices are still offered . At a little distance from the temple is lying another stone carved with images in ...
... images carved in relievo on stone . One is a female . The whole is called Goriya , or the deity of the fort , and sacrifices are still offered . At a little distance from the temple is lying another stone carved with images in ...
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Akbarpur appear Appendix Asahāya Aśoka Astik bank Behar belonging Bengal Bhagalpur Bhima Bihar Bihar and Orissa Birchhe Deo Brahmans Bráhmí Buchanan Buddhaghosa Buddhists building built called carved Chalukya channel clay considerable consists contains coses district door east erected exceedingly feet female Fulgo Gauri Gauri Sankar Gaya godling granite heap of bricks Hindu hornblende hornstone images India intermixed Jain Jarasandha Journal Kalinga Khori king Krishna letters Linga Magadhi male maps mentioned mica miles farther Motihari Nyaya occupied Orissa ornamented Pánini Patna Phoenician alphabet pillars probably quartz Raja Rajah Rajgir represent ridge river road rock round rude ruins Sannyasi sect seems short inscription side Sitakund Siva small temple stone Sutras syllable taken tank temple of Siva thence town traces tree usual Vasudeva Veda village Vishnu wall west end whole worship writing yards wide