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Page xvii
Also called Varâņasî 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 ...
Also called Varâņasî 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
... XXVI . , 67 : काशते व यतो
ज्योतिस्तदनाख्येयमीश्वर । अतो नामापरं
चास्तु काशीति प्रथितं विभो ॥ In the stanza
immediately preceding this , the city is called Muktikshetra .
... XXVI . , 67 : काशते व यतो
ज्योतिस्तदनाख्येयमीश्वर । अतो नामापरं
चास्तु काशीति प्रथितं विभो ॥ In the stanza
immediately preceding this , the city is called Muktikshetra .
Page xxii
equally their subjects , were called Kâśis . Though at first a masculine appellation
, Kâśi , as applied to the city so styled , is feminine . ? An exact parallel to this
hypothetical evolution is not far to seek . The name of King Champa , femininized
...
equally their subjects , were called Kâśis . Though at first a masculine appellation
, Kâśi , as applied to the city so styled , is feminine . ? An exact parallel to this
hypothetical evolution is not far to seek . The name of King Champa , femininized
...
Page xxiii
It speaks of Divodâsa , and it speaks of Pratardana ; but only in later literature are
they called father and son , and rulers of the Kâsis ; and , where Kâtyâyana , in
his Rigvedánukramaņika , characterizes the latter as Käsiraja , he may have ...
It speaks of Divodâsa , and it speaks of Pratardana ; but only in later literature are
they called father and son , and rulers of the Kâsis ; and , where Kâtyâyana , in
his Rigvedánukramaņika , characterizes the latter as Käsiraja , he may have ...
Page xxviii
The larger of them is 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 ...
The larger of them is 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 ...
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| Title | The Sacred City of the Hindus: An Account of Benares in Ancient and Modern Times |
| Author | Matthew Atmore Sherring |
| Contributor | Fitzedward Hall |
| Publisher | Trübner & Company, 1868 |
| Original from | National Library of the Netherlands |
| Digitized | 16 Nov 2012 |
| Length | 388 pages |
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