The Sacred City of the Hindus: An Account of Benares in Ancient and Modern TimesTrübner & Company, 1868 - 388 pages |
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Page ix
... century of the Christian era . - Macaulay's description of Benares . — Con- nexion of Benares with the religious history of half the human race . Its connexion with Buddhism . Life and labours of Buddha . - Benares subsequent to the ...
... century of the Christian era . - Macaulay's description of Benares . — Con- nexion of Benares with the religious history of half the human race . Its connexion with Buddhism . Life and labours of Buddha . - Benares subsequent to the ...
Page xvii
... Kabîr , of the begin- ning of the fifteenth century . Asiatic Researches , Vol . XVI . , p . 57 . " According to some of the Muhammadan accounts , " says Mr. James b familiar to Brahmanical literature . ' The word is crudely.
... Kabîr , of the begin- ning of the fifteenth century . Asiatic Researches , Vol . XVI . , p . 57 . " According to some of the Muhammadan accounts , " says Mr. James b familiar to Brahmanical literature . ' The word is crudely.
Page xix
... century . The Varunâ ( sic ) and Asî are named in the Calcutta edition of the Mahabharata , Bhishma - parvan , sl . 338. But , in my annotations on the English translation of the Vishnu - purána , Vol . II . , p . 152 , it is surmised ...
... century . The Varunâ ( sic ) and Asî are named in the Calcutta edition of the Mahabharata , Bhishma - parvan , sl . 338. But , in my annotations on the English translation of the Vishnu - purána , Vol . II . , p . 152 , it is surmised ...
Page xxii
... century , it may be . Kâsî is there indirectly described as in the vishaya of Vârâņasî , in the bhukti of Pratishṭhâna . For Pratishthâna , vide infra , p . xxv . , note 1 . It is , in my judgment , very doubtful indeed that Ptolemy's ...
... century , it may be . Kâsî is there indirectly described as in the vishaya of Vârâņasî , in the bhukti of Pratishṭhâna . For Pratishthâna , vide infra , p . xxv . , note 1 . It is , in my judgment , very doubtful indeed that Ptolemy's ...
Page xxiv
... centuries , succeeded Divodâsa , in whose reign Buddhism seems to have been still acting on the aggressive.2 In this synchronism there is no discernible improbability ; and , with some likelihood , it embodies an historic fact . A ...
... centuries , succeeded Divodâsa , in whose reign Buddhism seems to have been still acting on the aggressive.2 In this synchronism there is no discernible improbability ; and , with some likelihood , it embodies an historic fact . A ...
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