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
... connected with Raja Banâr , -a mythical magnate , of whom mention is associated with that of the reformer Kabîr , of the begin- ning of the fifteenth century . Asiatic Researches , Vol . XVI . , p . 57 . " According to some of the ...
... connected with Raja Banâr , -a mythical magnate , of whom mention is associated with that of the reformer Kabîr , of the begin- ning of the fifteenth century . Asiatic Researches , Vol . XVI . , p . 57 . " According to some of the ...
Page xxiii
... connecting with the Kâsis any person whom it mentions . 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 ...
... connecting with the Kâsis any person whom it mentions . 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 ...
Page 11
... connected with a Brahmadatta , king of Benares . When Buddha delivered his first discourse at ĺśipattana , near Benares , not only the five Bhikshus , as already stated , but also Yasu , son of Sujáta , and his fifty - four royal ...
... connected with a Brahmadatta , king of Benares . When Buddha delivered his first discourse at ĺśipattana , near Benares , not only the five Bhikshus , as already stated , but also Yasu , son of Sujáta , and his fifty - four royal ...
Page 16
... connected with it ; and it is of great moment that no punctilio should be omitted . They receive the offerings , the alms , the public dinners , and the good things which devout Hin- dus are ever ready to bestow . Some of them — not a ...
... connected with it ; and it is of great moment that no punctilio should be omitted . They receive the offerings , the alms , the public dinners , and the good things which devout Hin- dus are ever ready to bestow . Some of them — not a ...
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... connected with their social or religious usages . Benares , on the contrary , is the living oracle of the nation , and governs the Hindu with a despotic hand , in all his sacred rites and practices , about which he is vastly more ...
... connected with their social or religious usages . Benares , on the contrary , is the living oracle of the nation , and governs the Hindu with a despotic hand , in all his sacred rites and practices , about which he is vastly more ...
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