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Page xx
Father Vivien de Saint-Martin-the genesis of whose fictitious ' river I trace in note
2 to p. xxviii.,—began with being disposed to make the Asi an afiiuent to the
Varana, with a Varanasi below their confluence, and the city Varanasi therefrom ...
Father Vivien de Saint-Martin-the genesis of whose fictitious ' river I trace in note
2 to p. xxviii.,—began with being disposed to make the Asi an afiiuent to the
Varana, with a Varanasi below their confluence, and the city Varanasi therefrom ...
Page xxviii
As the Chinese pilgrim again and again names the Ganges, it seemed to me
unlikely 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 ...
As the Chinese pilgrim again and again names the Ganges, it seemed to me
unlikely 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 ...
Page xxix
Warned by my past experience, and weighing the premises just recited, I at once
suspected management, issuing in the obliteration, in two places, of the river
Varana. I had recourse to Professor James Summers, a. distinguished Sinologist;
...
Warned by my past experience, and weighing the premises just recited, I at once
suspected management, issuing in the obliteration, in two places, of the river
Varana. I had recourse to Professor James Summers, a. distinguished Sinologist;
...
Page xxx
M. J ulien allows us an option between Po-la~na-sse, Po-lo-ni-sae, Po-lo-ni-ae,
and P'o-lo-ni-sse, and between “Varanaci ” and “Varanagi.” It cannot be proved
that Hiouen Thsang did not hear, and do his best to spell, as the names of the
river ...
M. J ulien allows us an option between Po-la~na-sse, Po-lo-ni-sae, Po-lo-ni-ae,
and P'o-lo-ni-sse, and between “Varanaci ” and “Varanagi.” It cannot be proved
that Hiouen Thsang did not hear, and do his best to spell, as the names of the
river ...
Page xxxii
... north of the river Burna,” which old city, he says, is sometimes called S'
onitapura. Asiatic Researches, Vol. IX., p. 199. 2 Professor Wilson asserts,
characteristically, that Benares “has been, from all time, as it is at present, the
high place of the ...
... north of the river Burna,” which old city, he says, is sometimes called S'
onitapura. Asiatic Researches, Vol. IX., p. 199. 2 Professor Wilson asserts,
characteristically, that Benares “has been, from all time, as it is at present, the
high place of the ...
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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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