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CHAPTER HI. Puranio form of Modern Hinduism.-—Increase of Temples in
Northern India.—Number of Temples in Benares.—Temple of Bishes'war, the idol
-king of Benares.—Ancient Temple of . XVII 19 Bishes'war, now a Mohammedan
...
CHAPTER HI. Puranio form of Modern Hinduism.-—Increase of Temples in
Northern India.—Number of Temples in Benares.—Temple of Bishes'war, the idol
-king of Benares.—Ancient Temple of . XVII 19 Bishes'war, now a Mohammedan
...
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The latter name Professor Wilson everywhere puts, erroneously, for “ King Kas'i.”
See note 7 in the present page. a See the English Vishpu-purdaa, Vol. IV., pp. 30
-32. ' Compare Mandfikeya, from Mandfika; and S'wz'iphalki, from S'waphalka.
The latter name Professor Wilson everywhere puts, erroneously, for “ King Kas'i.”
See note 7 in the present page. a See the English Vishpu-purdaa, Vol. IV., pp. 30
-32. ' Compare Mandfikeya, from Mandfika; and S'wz'iphalki, from S'waphalka.
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The name of King Champa, femininized, became that of the metropolis of Anga,
Champa.3 The term Kas, denominating, if not a city,4 a people and its chieftains,
occurs repeatedly in Sanskrit works of all. 1 Kas'i's successors were likewise ...
The name of King Champa, femininized, became that of the metropolis of Anga,
Champa.3 The term Kas, denominating, if not a city,4 a people and its chieftains,
occurs repeatedly in Sanskrit works of all. 1 Kas'i's successors were likewise ...
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4083, 4084, we read of the king of the Kas'is as dwelling in the city of Varanasi. 1
The oldest among them, probably, is Panini, IV., II., 116 ; with which compare IV.,
II., 113. Then come the S'atapatha-brdhmagza, the Brihad-drazzyaka and ...
4083, 4084, we read of the king of the Kas'is as dwelling in the city of Varanasi. 1
The oldest among them, probably, is Panini, IV., II., 116 ; with which compare IV.,
II., 113. Then come the S'atapatha-brdhmagza, the Brihad-drazzyaka and ...
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The Puranas specify but one dynasty of Kasi kings; a goodly catalogue,
beginning, in the most authoritative of those works, with the son of Kasa.l To Kasa
, by a lapse of perhaps two centuries, succeeded Divodasa, in whose reign
Buddhism ...
The Puranas specify but one dynasty of Kasi kings; a goodly catalogue,
beginning, in the most authoritative of those works, with the son of Kasa.l To Kasa
, by a lapse of perhaps two centuries, succeeded Divodasa, in whose reign
Buddhism ...
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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 | Fitz-Edward Hall |
| Publisher | Trübner, 1868 |
| Original from | National Library of the Netherlands |
| Digitized | 16 Nov 2012 |
| Length | 388 pages |
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