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Page vi
I have deemed it of moment, also, in a book of this nature, to make some
observations on the influence which education, European civilization, and, above
all, Christianity, are now exerting upon the city. As Benares has held a foremost
place ...
I have deemed it of moment, also, in a book of this nature, to make some
observations on the influence which education, European civilization, and, above
all, Christianity, are now exerting upon the city. As Benares has held a foremost
place ...
Page xxviii
... that he should anywhere speak of it by a periphrasis like that of “the river of
London.” I had observed, too, that, instead of “environ,” etc., M. Klaproth had
written : “ Au nord [sic] de la ville coule la riviére Pho lo nd (Varana); sur son bord,
...
... that he should anywhere speak of it by a periphrasis like that of “the river of
London.” I had observed, too, that, instead of “environ,” etc., M. Klaproth had
written : “ Au nord [sic] de la ville coule la riviére Pho lo nd (Varana); sur son bord,
...
Page xxxi
Few Sanskrit manuscripts exist that were copied more than four or five centuries
ago, at which time Indian Buddhists must have been very rare, if there were any
at all. Neither among the Hindus nor among the J ainas has one ever observed ...
Few Sanskrit manuscripts exist that were copied more than four or five centuries
ago, at which time Indian Buddhists must have been very rare, if there were any
at all. Neither among the Hindus nor among the J ainas has one ever observed ...
Page 3
numerous systems of philosophy, and made great pretensions to logical
accuracy; and that the habit of the nation generally, for thousands of years, has
been to reverence the past, and to reflect upon and observe, with punctilious
nicety, ...
numerous systems of philosophy, and made great pretensions to logical
accuracy; and that the habit of the nation generally, for thousands of years, has
been to reverence the past, and to reflect upon and observe, with punctilious
nicety, ...
Page 7
The information which they incidentally furnish rests partly upon the statements of
no other than Buddha himself, corroborated, in some measure, by their own
observations. This wonderful personage, considering that some of the leading ...
The information which they incidentally furnish rests partly upon the statements of
no other than Buddha himself, corroborated, in some measure, by their own
observations. This wonderful personage, considering that some of the leading ...
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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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