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Purûravas received Pratishthâna in gift from his father Sudyumna . English
Vishnu - purána , Vol . III . , p . 237 . Also see Burnouf's Bhagavata - purána , Vol .
III . , Preface , pp . XCVII . - XCIX . Pratishthâna appears as a district of the
kingdom of ...
Purûravas received Pratishthâna in gift from his father Sudyumna . English
Vishnu - purána , Vol . III . , p . 237 . Also see Burnouf's Bhagavata - purána , Vol .
III . , Preface , pp . XCVII . - XCIX . Pratishthâna appears as a district of the
kingdom of ...
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... he himself received from his fathers . Unfortunately , Hindu writers have shown
a singular neglect of chronology , and an utter distaste for noting and recording
historical facts in a simple and consecutive manner . This is the more remarkable
...
... he himself received from his fathers . Unfortunately , Hindu writers have shown
a singular neglect of chronology , and an utter distaste for noting and recording
historical facts in a simple and consecutive manner . This is the more remarkable
...
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as they were now in an arúpa world , they could not receive its benefit . With
affection for the ascetics who were dead , he looked to discover in what place
Kondanya was , and the four other recluses with whom he had practised
austerities ...
as they were now in an arúpa world , they could not receive its benefit . With
affection for the ascetics who were dead , he looked to discover in what place
Kondanya was , and the four other recluses with whom he had practised
austerities ...
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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 , visited ...
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 , visited ...
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... 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 into the divinity ; that all this was the ultimate result of
that one ...
... 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 into the divinity ; that all this was the ultimate result of
that one ...
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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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