The Sacred City of the Hindus: An Account of Benares in Ancient and Modern TimesTrübner & Company, 1868 - 388 pages |
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... river I trace in note 2 to p . xxviii . , - began with being disposed to make the Asî an affluent to the Varâṇâ , with a Varâṇasî below their confluence , and the city Varâṇasî therefrom denominated . Mémoires sur les Contrées ...
... river I trace in note 2 to p . xxviii . , - began with being disposed to make the Asî an affluent to the Varâṇâ , with a Varâṇasî below their confluence , and the city Varâṇasî therefrom denominated . Mémoires sur les Contrées ...
Page xxviii
... river of London . " I had observed , too , that , instead of " environ , ” etc. , M. Klaproth had written : " Au nord [ sic ] de la ville coule la rivière Pho lo nă ( Varaṇâ ) ; sur son bord , à dix li de la ville , " etc .; Pho lo nă ...
... river of London . " I had observed , too , that , instead of " environ , ” etc. , M. Klaproth had written : " Au nord [ sic ] de la ville coule la rivière Pho lo nă ( Varaṇâ ) ; sur son bord , à dix li de la ville , " etc .; Pho lo nă ...
Page xxix
... river Varanâ . I had recourse to Professor James Summers , a distinguished Sinolo- gist ; and my suspicion was changed into certitude . Especially ought M. Julien to have abstained from mending his text here by guess , above all ...
... river Varanâ . I had recourse to Professor James Summers , a distinguished Sinolo- gist ; and my suspicion was changed into certitude . Especially ought M. Julien to have abstained from mending his text here by guess , above all ...
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... river and city , Barnâ - the very word now used , and Barânas . Indeed , the balance of probability is overwhelmingly in favour of the position , that the Indian proper names translettered by Hiouen Thsang were Prakrit , not Sanskrit ...
... river and city , Barnâ - the very word now used , and Barânas . Indeed , the balance of probability is overwhelmingly in favour of the position , that the Indian proper names translettered by Hiouen Thsang were Prakrit , not Sanskrit ...
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... river Burna , " which old city , he says , is sometimes called Sonitapura . Asiatic Researches , Vol . IX . , p . 199 . 2 Professor Wilson asserts , characteristically , that Benares " has been , from all time , as it is at present ...
... river Burna , " which old city , he says , is sometimes called Sonitapura . Asiatic Researches , Vol . IX . , p . 199 . 2 Professor Wilson asserts , characteristically , that Benares " has been , from all time , as it is at present ...
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ANCIENT REMAINS antiquity architraves Asiatic Aśoka Bakaríyá Kund banks Bará Barna bass-relief bathe Bengal Bisheswar Bodhi Brahmans bricks Buddha Buddhist building built capitals carved centre chaityas Cheit Singh Christian Chunar city of Benares cloister deer deities distance divine Durgá edifice enclosure entire erected excavations existence extent feet in height festival figure five formerly four Gaṇeś Ganges goddess ground held Hian Hindu Hinduism Hiouen Thsang honour hundred idolatry idols inches India inscription James Prinsep Jou-laï the Tathágata Káśí king large number Mahadeva Mahalla medan Melá miles Mohammedan monastery mosque mound native neighbourhood niches northern original ornamented persons pilgrimage pilgrims pillars portion present quadrangle Ráj Ghát Raja Rám Rámnagar regarded religion religious remarkable river road ruins sacred Sangam Sanskrit Sárnáth sculptured shrine side Siva spot square stands statue stone Stupa tank temple terrace tower Vihára Vishnu wall Warren Hastings worship