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signation Kâśi ? or Kâsî ? Whence it arose history has Something of the same
sort is to be seen in the fifth chapter of the Kâśî - khanda . Father Vivien de Saint -
Martin - the genesis of whose fictitious river I trace in note 2 to p . xxviii . , - began
...
signation Kâśi ? or Kâsî ? Whence it arose history has Something of the same
sort is to be seen in the fifth chapter of the Kâśî - khanda . Father Vivien de Saint -
Martin - the genesis of whose fictitious river I trace in note 2 to p . xxviii . , - began
...
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... a gloss , -delusively appropriated by the translator , as we have seen ,notifying
that the kingdom so named had aforetime been called , by mistake , Po - lo - naï ;
the spelling , in passing , of the Foě Kouě Ki . It was not , surely , to be expected ...
... a gloss , -delusively appropriated by the translator , as we have seen ,notifying
that the kingdom so named had aforetime been called , by mistake , Po - lo - naï ;
the spelling , in passing , of the Foě Kouě Ki . It was not , surely , to be expected ...
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Families of great wealth , whose houses are filled with rare and precious things ,
are to be seen . The people are gentle and polished , and esteem highly those
who are devoted to a studious life . The greater portion of them believe in the ...
Families of great wealth , whose houses are filled with rare and precious things ,
are to be seen . The people are gentle and polished , and esteem highly those
who are devoted to a studious life . The greater portion of them believe in the ...
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1 And now , after the lapse of so many ages , this magnificent city still maintains
most of the freshness and all the beauty of her early youth . For picturesqueness
and grandeur , no sight in all the world can well surpass that of Benares as seen
...
1 And now , after the lapse of so many ages , this magnificent city still maintains
most of the freshness and all the beauty of her early youth . For picturesqueness
and grandeur , no sight in all the world can well surpass that of Benares as seen
...
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... he walks along with the air of a man unlike any I have ever seen , in which
selfsufficiency , a sense of superiority , and the conviction of inherent purity and
sanctity are combined . He needs not the upavita or sacred Brahmanical cord
thrown ...
... he walks along with the air of a man unlike any I have ever seen , in which
selfsufficiency , a sense of superiority , and the conviction of inherent purity and
sanctity are combined . He needs not the upavita or sacred Brahmanical cord
thrown ...
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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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