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Page xvii
'3 Also called Varanasi and Varanasi, according to the Haima-koéa and the
Sabdaratndvali, respectively. The latter of these vocabularies is of small authority.
A rational system of Romanized spelling would give us, instead of Benares, ...
'3 Also called Varanasi and Varanasi, according to the Haima-koéa and the
Sabdaratndvali, respectively. The latter of these vocabularies is of small authority.
A rational system of Romanized spelling would give us, instead of Benares, ...
Page xxi
The regal successors of Kasi, and equally their subjects, were called Kz'isis.1
Though at first a ... XXVL, 67: W a na'r w'ifilsrzmélufi'rut | wa'r mawt 'mg rmfifii afar':
fini'r n In the stanza immediately preceding this, the city is called Muktikshetra.
The regal successors of Kasi, and equally their subjects, were called Kz'isis.1
Though at first a ... XXVL, 67: W a na'r w'ifilsrzmélufi'rut | wa'r mawt 'mg rmfifii afar':
fini'r n In the stanza immediately preceding this, the city is called Muktikshetra.
Page xxii
equally their subjects, were called Kz'isis.1 Though at first a masculine
appellation, Kasi, 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 Kz'isis.1 Though at first a masculine
appellation, Kasi, 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 Divodasa, and it speaks of Pratardana; but only in later literature are
they called father and son, and rulers of the Kas'is; and, where Katy-ayana, in his
Rzlqveddnukramagzikd, characterizes the latter as .Kdéirdja, he may have ...
It speaks of Divodasa, and it speaks of Pratardana; but only in later literature are
they called father and son, and rulers of the Kas'is; and, where Katy-ayana, in his
Rzlqveddnukramagzikd, characterizes the latter as .Kdéirdja, 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 capitals,
et a ...
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 capitals,
et a ...
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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 | Fitz-Edward Hall |
| Publisher | Trübner, 1868 |
| Original from | National Library of the Netherlands |
| Digitized | 16 Nov 2012 |
| Length | 388 pages |
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