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Page vi
... civilization , and , above all , Christianity , are now exerting upon the city . As
Benares has held a foremost place in the history of India for two thousand five
hundred years , at the least , so , in all likelihood , she is destined to retain that ...
... civilization , and , above all , Christianity , are now exerting upon the city . As
Benares has held a foremost place in the history of India for two thousand five
hundred years , at the least , so , in all likelihood , she is destined to retain that ...
Page xxiv
... early leaders of the Kâšis , none but most vague indications have , as yet , 1 A
Kâśa is named in the gaña on Pâņini , IV . , I. , 10 . According to my five wretched
copies of the Vayu - purána , Kasa was followed by Kâśaya ( ??? ) , Râshtra ( ??
) ...
... early leaders of the Kâšis , none but most vague indications have , as yet , 1 A
Kâśa is named in the gaña on Pâņini , IV . , I. , 10 . According to my five wretched
copies of the Vayu - purána , Kasa was followed by Kâśaya ( ??? ) , Râshtra ( ??
) ...
Page xxxi
Few Sanskrit manuscripts exist that were copied more than four or five centuries
ago , at which time Indian Buddhists must have been very rare , if there were any
at all . Neither among the Hindus nor among the Jainas has one ever observed ...
Few Sanskrit manuscripts exist that were copied more than four or five centuries
ago , at which time Indian Buddhists must have been very rare , if there were any
at all . Neither among the Hindus nor among the Jainas has one ever observed ...
Page xxxiv
... by native lexicographers . One of them , Panchanadatîrtha , “ the
quinquamnian resort , ” refers to five rivers , the Kiraņâ , Dhûtapâpâ , Saraswati ,
Gangâ , and Yamuna : किरणा धूतपापा च पुण्यतोया
सरस्वती ...
... by native lexicographers . One of them , Panchanadatîrtha , “ the
quinquamnian resort , ” refers to five rivers , the Kiraņâ , Dhûtapâpâ , Saraswati ,
Gangâ , and Yamuna : किरणा धूतपापा च पुण्यतोया
सरस्वती ...
Page 5
The five Bhikshus , or religious hermits , men of considerable note in the early
history of Buddhism , who had formerly been associated with him , but had
subsequently abandoned him , and who happened , at that time , to be at the
Ísipattana ...
The five Bhikshus , or religious hermits , men of considerable note in the early
history of Buddhism , who had formerly been associated with him , but had
subsequently abandoned him , and who happened , at that time , to be at the
Ísipattana ...
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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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