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Page xvii
The latter of these vocabularies is of small authority. A rational system of
Romanized spelling would give us, instead of Benares, Banaras. The form “TIE
was the work, perhaps, of the Muhammadans. It should appear that the
metathesis of r ...
The latter of these vocabularies is of small authority. A rational system of
Romanized spelling would give us, instead of Benares, Banaras. The form “TIE
was the work, perhaps, of the Muhammadans. It should appear that the
metathesis of r ...
Page xxi
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.
Page xxiii
It speaks of Divodasa, and it speaks of Pratardana; but only in later literature are
they called father and son, and rulers of the Kas'is; and, where Katy-ayana, in his
Rzlqveddnukramagzikd, characterizes the latter as .Kdéirdja, he may have ...
It speaks of Divodasa, and it speaks of Pratardana; but only in later literature are
they called father and son, and rulers of the Kas'is; and, where Katy-ayana, in his
Rzlqveddnukramagzikd, characterizes the latter as .Kdéirdja, he may have ...
Page xxxiv
35. 4 Major Stewart's History of Bengal, p. 36. Elsewhere we read, that, “having
broken the idols in above a thousand temples, he purified and consecrated the
latter to the worship of the true God.” Colonel Briggs's translation from Farishta,
Vol.
35. 4 Major Stewart's History of Bengal, p. 36. Elsewhere we read, that, “having
broken the idols in above a thousand temples, he purified and consecrated the
latter to the worship of the true God.” Colonel Briggs's translation from Farishta,
Vol.
Page 5
... again to discover in what place they were, he perceived that the former had
been dead seven days, and that the latter had died the day before; and that as
they were now in an arzipa world, they could BENARES, PAST AND PRESENT.
5.
... again to discover in what place they were, he perceived that the former had
been dead seven days, and that the latter had died the day before; and that as
they were now in an arzipa world, they could BENARES, PAST AND PRESENT.
5.
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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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