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Page xvii
Also called Varâņasî and Varaņasî , 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 ...
Also called Varâņasî and Varaņasî , 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 ...
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In the stanza immediately preceding this , the city is 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 ...
In the stanza immediately preceding this , the city is 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 ...
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equally their subjects , were called Kâsis . Though at first a masculine appellation , Kâsi , as applied to the city so styled , is feminine . ? An exact parallel to this hypothetical evolution is not far to seek .
equally their subjects , were called Kâsis . Though at first a masculine appellation , Kâsi , as applied to the city so styled , is feminine . ? An exact parallel to this hypothetical evolution is not far to seek .
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It speaks of Divodâsa , and it speaks of Pratardana ; but only in later literature are they called father and son , and rulers of the Kâśis ; and , where Kâtyâyana , in his Rigvedânukramaņiká , characterizes the latter as Kaśirája ...
It speaks of Divodâsa , and it speaks of Pratardana ; but only in later literature are they called father and son , and rulers of the Kâśis ; and , where Kâtyâyana , in his Rigvedânukramaņiká , characterizes the latter as Kaśirája ...
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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 ...
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 ...
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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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