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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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The latter name Professor Wilson everywhere puts , erroneously , for “ King Kâsi . " See note 7 in the present page . 3 See the English Vishnu - purána , Vol . IV . , pp . 30-32 . * Compare Mâņạûkeya , from Mâņņûka ; and Swâphalki ...
The latter name Professor Wilson everywhere puts , erroneously , for “ King Kâsi . " See note 7 in the present page . 3 See the English Vishnu - purána , Vol . IV . , pp . 30-32 . * Compare Mâņạûkeya , from Mâņņûka ; and Swâphalki ...
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The name of King Champa , femininized , became that of the metropolis of Anga , Champa . The term Kâsi , denominating , if not a city , * a people 3 4 2 a 4 Kâsi's successors were likewise known as Kâśyas and as Kâśikas .
The name of King Champa , femininized , became that of the metropolis of Anga , Champa . The term Kâsi , denominating , if not a city , * a people 3 4 2 a 4 Kâsi's successors were likewise known as Kâśyas and as Kâśikas .
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4083 , 4084 , we read of the king of the Kâśis as dwelling in the city of Vârâņasî . struct anything approaching a history . The kingdom of the. ܕ • > > | The oldest among them , probably , is Pâņini , IV . , II . , 116 ; with which ...
4083 , 4084 , we read of the king of the Kâśis as dwelling in the city of Vârâņasî . struct anything approaching a history . The kingdom of the. ܕ • > > | The oldest among them , probably , is Pâņini , IV . , II . , 116 ; with which ...
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The Purâņas specify but one dynasty of Kâsi kings ; a goodly catalogue , beginning , in the most authoritative of those works , with the son of Kâśa . To Kâśa , by a lapse of perhaps two centuries , succeeded Divodâsa , in whose reign ...
The Purâņas specify but one dynasty of Kâsi kings ; a goodly catalogue , beginning , in the most authoritative of those works , with the son of Kâśa . To Kâśa , by a lapse of perhaps two centuries , succeeded Divodâsa , 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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