The Sacred City of the Hindus: An Account of Benares in Ancient and Modern TimesTrübner & Company, 1868 - 388 pages |
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... . Puranic form of Modern Hinduism . - Increase of Temples in Northern India . - Number of Temples in Benares . - Temple of Bisheswar , the idol - king of Benares . - Ancient Temple of 1 19 Bisheswar , now a Mohammedan Mosque . - The Well.
... . Puranic form of Modern Hinduism . - Increase of Temples in Northern India . - Number of Temples in Benares . - Temple of Bisheswar , the idol - king of Benares . - Ancient Temple of 1 19 Bisheswar , now a Mohammedan Mosque . - The Well.
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... King Kâśi . " See note 7 in the present page . See the English Vishnu - purána , Vol . IV . , pp . 30-32 . 4 Compare Mâṇḍűkeya , from Mâṇḍűka ; and Swâphalki , from Swaphalka . 5 So reads the Harivamsa , śl . 1734 , in the best MSS ...
... King Kâśi . " See note 7 in the present page . See the English Vishnu - purána , Vol . IV . , pp . 30-32 . 4 Compare Mâṇḍűkeya , from Mâṇḍűka ; and Swâphalki , from Swaphalka . 5 So reads the Harivamsa , śl . 1734 , in the best MSS ...
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... King Champa , femininized , became that of the metropolis of Anga , Champâ.3 The term Kâśi , denominating , if not a city , a people 1 Kâsi's successors were likewise known as Kâśyas and as Kâsikas . These terms are , all , actually ...
... King Champa , femininized , became that of the metropolis of Anga , Champâ.3 The term Kâśi , denominating , if not a city , a people 1 Kâsi's successors were likewise known as Kâśyas and as Kâsikas . These terms are , all , actually ...
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... king of the Kâsis as dwelling in the city of Vârâṇasî . 1 The oldest among them , probably , is Pâņini , IV . , II . , 116 ; with which compare IV . , II . , 113. Then come the Satapatha - bráhmaṇa , the Brihad - áranyaka and Kaushitaki ...
... king of the Kâsis as dwelling in the city of Vârâṇasî . 1 The oldest among them , probably , is Pâņini , IV . , II . , 116 ; with which compare IV . , II . , 113. Then come the Satapatha - bráhmaṇa , the Brihad - áranyaka and Kaushitaki ...
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... kings ; a goodly catalogue , beginning , in the most authoritative of those works , with the son of Kâśa.1 To Kâśa ... king of the Kâśi family that had to do with that city . 3 See the Vishnu - purána , Book V. , Chapter XXXIV . 1 been ...
... kings ; a goodly catalogue , beginning , in the most authoritative of those works , with the son of Kâśa.1 To Kâśa ... king of the Kâśi family that had to do with that city . 3 See the Vishnu - purána , Book V. , Chapter XXXIV . 1 been ...
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