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Purûravas received Pratishthâna in gift from his father Sudyumna . English Vishnu - purana , Vol . III . , p . 237 . Also see Burnouf's Bhagavata - purana , Vol . III . , Preface , pp . XCVII . - XCIX . Pratishthâna appears as a ...
Purûravas received Pratishthâna in gift from his father Sudyumna . English Vishnu - purana , Vol . III . , p . 237 . Also see Burnouf's Bhagavata - purana , Vol . III . , Preface , pp . XCVII . - XCIX . Pratishthâna appears as a ...
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... which he himself received from his fathers . Unfortunately , Hindu writers have shown a singular neglect of chronology , and utter distaste distaste for noting and recording historical facts in a simple and consecutive manner .
... which he himself received from his fathers . Unfortunately , Hindu writers have shown a singular neglect of chronology , and utter distaste distaste for noting and recording historical facts in a simple and consecutive manner .
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As a queen , she has ever received the willing homage of her subjects scattered over all India ; as a lover , she has secured their affection and regard . Hiouen Thsang , the celebrated Chinese traveller , who , as a Buddhist pilgrim ...
As a queen , she has ever received the willing homage of her subjects scattered over all India ; as a lover , she has secured their affection and regard . Hiouen Thsang , the celebrated Chinese traveller , who , as a Buddhist pilgrim ...
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... with their four or five hundred millions of people , received the extraordinary dogma , the gigantic blasphemy , that there was no separate , self - existent Supreme God , but that each individual man , by contemplation , could rise ...
... with their four or five hundred millions of people , received the extraordinary dogma , the gigantic blasphemy , that there was no separate , self - existent Supreme God , but that each individual man , by contemplation , could rise ...
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... both instances — has received . Various intermediate stages of diversity are represented in other buildings ; but I cannot now further enlarge on them . The first class of pillars , however , must , I contend , be of a much earlier ...
... both instances — has received . Various intermediate stages of diversity are represented in other buildings ; but I cannot now further enlarge on them . The first class of pillars , however , must , I contend , be of a much earlier ...
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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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