The Sacred City of the Hindus: An Account of Benares in Ancient and Modern TimesTrübner & Company, 1868 - 388 pages |
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Page xvii
... probably , with the dominion of the Kâsis 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 development . 2 ...
... probably , with the dominion of the Kâsis 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 development . 2 ...
Page xxii
... probably . I find , as a variant , Kâśeyi . This , like the corresponding Kâśyâ of the Mahd- bharata , Adi - parvan , él . 3829 , is a derivative of Kâsi . 3 See the English Vishnu - purána , Vol . IV . , p . 125 . I am not unaware of ...
... probably . I find , as a variant , Kâśeyi . This , like the corresponding Kâśyâ of the Mahd- bharata , Adi - parvan , él . 3829 , is a derivative of Kâsi . 3 See the English Vishnu - purána , Vol . IV . , p . 125 . I am not unaware of ...
Page xxiii
... probably , is Pâņini , IV . , II . , 116 ; with which compare IV . , II . , 113. Then come the Satapatha - bráhmaṇa , the Brihad - áranyaka and Kaushitaki - brahmana Upanishads , etc. , etc. In some of these works , the substantive is ...
... probably , is Pâņini , IV . , II . , 116 ; with which compare IV . , II . , 113. Then come the Satapatha - bráhmaṇa , the Brihad - áranyaka and Kaushitaki - brahmana Upanishads , etc. , etc. In some of these works , the substantive is ...
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... probably in the sixth century before the Christian era , -whose annals have been kept with some decent amount of trustworthiness , 1 See Prof. Max Müller's History of Ancient Sanskrit Literature , p . 62 . we gain certain specific ...
... probably in the sixth century before the Christian era , -whose annals have been kept with some decent amount of trustworthiness , 1 See Prof. Max Müller's History of Ancient Sanskrit Literature , p . 62 . we gain certain specific ...
Page 39
... probably , only in the Mahratta provinces that Hinduism flourished ; in them realizing its prosperity from the plunder of successful Mahratta armies , whose piety rewarded the shrines of their protecting divinities with a shower of ...
... probably , only in the Mahratta provinces that Hinduism flourished ; in them realizing its prosperity from the plunder of successful Mahratta armies , whose piety rewarded the shrines of their protecting divinities with a shower of ...
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