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It was , probably , with the dominion of the Kâśis as it was with other seats of Hindu power . Deriving its origin from some city , as Pratishthâna , ' or Vârâņasî , ” it must have acquired extent and consideration by very gradual ...
It was , probably , with the dominion of the Kâśis as it was with other seats of Hindu power . Deriving its origin from some city , as Pratishthâna , ' or Vârâņasî , ” it must have acquired extent and consideration by very gradual ...
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The reading is , however , erroneous , most probably . I find , as a variant , Kaseyi . This , like the corresponding Kâsyâ of the Mahdbhdrata , Ádi - parvan , śl . 3829 , is a derivative of Kâśi . 3 See the English Vishņu - puráņa ...
The reading is , however , erroneous , most probably . I find , as a variant , Kaseyi . This , like the corresponding Kâsyâ of the Mahdbhdrata , Ádi - parvan , śl . 3829 , is a derivative of Kâśi . 3 See the English Vishņu - puráņa ...
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ܕ • > > | The oldest among them , probably , is Pâņini , IV . , II . , 116 ; with which compare IV . , II . , 113. Then come the Satapatha - brahmana , the Brihad - aranyaka and Kaushitaki - brahmana Upanishads , etc. , etc.
ܕ • > > | The oldest among them , probably , is Pâņini , IV . , II . , 116 ; with which compare IV . , II . , 113. Then come the Satapatha - brahmana , the Brihad - aranyaka and Kaushitaki - brahmana Upanishads , etc. , etc.
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Thanks to a rival creed , howsprang into existence probably in the sixth century before the Christian era , —whose annals have been kept with some decent amount of trustworthiness , we gain certain specific information respecting this ...
Thanks to a rival creed , howsprang into existence probably in the sixth century before the Christian era , —whose annals have been kept with some decent amount of trustworthiness , we gain certain specific information respecting this ...
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Though freed from the persecutions of the bigoted emperor , the temples suffered grievously from the general want ; and it was , probably , only in the Mahratta provinces that Hinduism flourished ; in them realizing its prosperity from ...
Though freed from the persecutions of the bigoted emperor , the temples suffered grievously from the general want ; and it was , probably , only in the Mahratta provinces that Hinduism flourished ; in them realizing its prosperity from ...
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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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