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19 CHAPTER III . 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 Bisheswar , now a Mohammedan Mosque .
19 CHAPTER III . 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 Bisheswar , now a Mohammedan Mosque .
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8. It is meant , here , I suppose , to hint a derivative connexion of Kāsī with Kāśa
or Kasirāja . The latter name Professor Wilson everywhere puts , erroneously , for
“ King Kāsi . ” See note 7 in the present page . See the English Vishnu - purįna ...
8. It is meant , here , I suppose , to hint a derivative connexion of Kāsī with Kāśa
or Kasirāja . The latter name Professor Wilson everywhere puts , erroneously , for
“ King Kāsi . ” See note 7 in the present page . See the English Vishnu - purįna ...
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The name of King Champa , femininized , became that of the metropolis of Anga ,
Champa . The term Kāsi , denominating , if not a city , * a people 1 Kāsi's
successors were likewise known as Kāśyas and as Kāśikas . These terms are ,
all ...
The name of King Champa , femininized , became that of the metropolis of Anga ,
Champa . The term Kāsi , denominating , if not a city , * a people 1 Kāsi's
successors were likewise known as Kāśyas and as Kāśikas . These terms are ,
all ...
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But commentators on old writings explain it , and rightly , to signify “ king of the
Kāsis . ” Kāśirāja and Kāśya are used of the same person in the Bhagavad - gita ,
I. , 5 , 17 . The Rigveda affords no warrant for connecting with the Kāśis any ...
But commentators on old writings explain it , and rightly , to signify “ king of the
Kāsis . ” Kāśirāja and Kāśya are used of the same person in the Bhagavad - gita ,
I. , 5 , 17 . The Rigveda affords no warrant for connecting with the Kāśis any ...
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The Purāņas specify but one dynasty of Kāği kings ; a goodly catalogue ,
beginning , in the most authoritative of those works , with the son of Kāśa . To
Kāsa , by a lapse of perhaps two centuries , succeeded Divodāsa , in whose
reign ...
The Purāņas specify but one dynasty of Kāği kings ; a goodly catalogue ,
beginning , in the most authoritative of those works , with the son of Kāśa . To
Kāsa , by a lapse of perhaps two centuries , succeeded Divodāsa , in whose
reign ...
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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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