The Sacred City of the Hindus: An Account of Benares in Ancient and Modern TimesTrübner & Company, 1868 - 388 pages |
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Page xviii
... once in Patanjali's Mahábháshya . On the age of that work , see my edition of Professor Wilson's trans- lation of the Vishnu - purána , Vol . II . , p . 189 , ad calcem . ± So allege the Pandits of the present day ; repeating , no doubt ...
... once in Patanjali's Mahábháshya . On the age of that work , see my edition of Professor Wilson's trans- lation of the Vishnu - purána , Vol . II . , p . 189 , ad calcem . ± So allege the Pandits of the present day ; repeating , no doubt ...
Page xix
... once in a putative appendage to the Skanda - purana , the Kási - khanda . It will suffice to quote XXX . , 20 , 21 : दक्षिणोत्तरदिग्भागे कृत्वासिं वरणां सुराः ॥ क्षेत्रस्य ...
... once in a putative appendage to the Skanda - purana , the Kási - khanda . It will suffice to quote XXX . , 20 , 21 : दक्षिणोत्तरदिग्भागे कृत्वासिं वरणां सुराः ॥ क्षेत्रस्य ...
Page xxii
... once in the Ma- hábhárata . Not till medieval times , it seems , do we read of the city of Kâsî . To the authority , on this behalf , of the Purâņas may be added that of an inscription which I have deciphered and published in the ...
... once in the Ma- hábhárata . Not till medieval times , it seems , do we read of the city of Kâsî . To the authority , on this behalf , of the Purâņas may be added that of an inscription which I have deciphered and published in the ...
Page xxvi
... once fol- lowed the herd , myself , in this respect : see the Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal , for 1862. p . 8 , first foot - note . It now appears to me rash to see , in it , proof that Benares was subordinate to Gauḍa , or ...
... once fol- lowed the herd , myself , in this respect : see the Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal , for 1862. p . 8 , first foot - note . It now appears to me rash to see , in it , proof that Benares was subordinate to Gauḍa , or ...
Page xxix
... once suspected management , issuing in the obliteration , in two places , of the river Varanâ . I had recourse to Professor James Summers , a distinguished Sinolo- gist ; and my suspicion was changed into certitude . Especially ought M ...
... once suspected management , issuing in the obliteration , in two places , of the river Varanâ . I had recourse to Professor James Summers , a distinguished Sinolo- gist ; and my suspicion was changed into certitude . Especially ought M ...
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