The Sacred City of the Hindus: An Account of Benares in Ancient and Modern TimesTrübner & Company, 1868 - 388 pages |
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Page xvii
... called Varâṇasî and Varanasî , according to the Haima - kośa and the Sabdaratnávali , respectively . The latter of these vocabularies is of small authority . A rational system of Romanized spelling would give us , instead of Benares ...
... called Varâṇasî and Varanasî , according to the Haima - kośa and the Sabdaratnávali , respectively . The latter of these vocabularies is of small authority . A rational system of Romanized spelling would give us , instead of Benares ...
Page xxi
... called Muktikshetra . Krishna is speaking ; and he says that the radiance of Kâsî emanates from Siva . If , where they interpret Kâsî by " splendid , " Colonel Wilford and his numerous followers intend to take the word from the adjec ...
... called Muktikshetra . Krishna is speaking ; and he says that the radiance of Kâsî emanates from Siva . If , where they interpret Kâsî by " splendid , " Colonel Wilford and his numerous followers intend to take the word from the adjec ...
Page xxii
... called Kâśis . ' Though at first a masculine appellation , Kâśi , as applied to the city so styled , is feminine.2 An exact parallel to this hypo- thetical evolution is not far to seek . The name of King Champa , femininized , became ...
... called Kâśis . ' Though at first a masculine appellation , Kâśi , as applied to the city so styled , is feminine.2 An exact parallel to this hypo- thetical evolution is not far to seek . The name of King Champa , femininized , became ...
Page xxiii
... called father and son , and rulers of the Kâsis ; and , where Kâtyâyana , in his Rigvedánukramanika , characterizes the latter as Kásirája , he may have expressed himself metachronically , under the influence of a modern tradition which ...
... called father and son , and rulers of the Kâsis ; and , where Kâtyâyana , in his Rigvedánukramanika , characterizes the latter as Kásirája , he may have expressed himself metachronically , under the influence of a modern tradition which ...
Page xxviii
... called , by the natives , Dhamekh , — a corruption , in all likelihood , of an old word involving dharma as its first factor . On the word of M. Stanislas Julien , Hiouen Thsang locates a monument " au nord - est de la capitale , et à l ...
... called , by the natives , Dhamekh , — a corruption , in all likelihood , of an old word involving dharma as its first factor . On the word of M. Stanislas Julien , Hiouen Thsang locates a monument " au nord - est de la capitale , et à l ...
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