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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 , Banâras . The form qalth
was the work , perhaps , of the Muhammadans . It should appear that the
metathesis of ...
The latter of these vocabularies is of small authority . A rational system of
Romanized spelling would give us , instead of Benares , Banâras . The form qalth
was the work , perhaps , of the Muhammadans . It should appear that the
metathesis of ...
Page xxi
8. It is meant , here , I suppose , to hint a derivative connexion of Kâsî with Kâśa
or Kasirâja . The latter name Professor Wilson everywhere puts , erroneously , for
“ King Kâsi . ” See note 7 in the present page . See the English Vishnu - purána ...
8. It is meant , here , I suppose , to hint a derivative connexion of Kâsî with Kâśa
or Kasirâja . The latter name Professor Wilson everywhere puts , erroneously , for
“ King Kâsi . ” See note 7 in the present page . See the English Vishnu - purána ...
Page xxiii
... of the Kâsis ; and , where Kâtyâyana , in his Rigvedánukramaņika ,
characterizes the latter as Käsiraja , he may have expressed himself
metachronically , under the influence of a modern tradition which he and his
contemporaries accepted .
... of the Kâsis ; and , where Kâtyâyana , in his Rigvedánukramaņika ,
characterizes the latter as Käsiraja , he may have expressed himself
metachronically , under the influence of a modern tradition which he and his
contemporaries accepted .
Page xxxiv
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 . I. , p . 179 . many centuries , is well - nigh
...
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 . I. , p . 179 . many centuries , is well - nigh
...
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... looked 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 arúpa world , they BENARES , PAST AND PRESENT .
... looked 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 arúpa world , they BENARES , PAST AND PRESENT .
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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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