The Vishńu Puráńa: A System of Hindu Mythology and Tradition, Volume 2Fitzedward Hall Trübner, 1865 |
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... map of Rajasthan ) ; but the Chambal and other rivers of Málwá , which are said to flow from the Páriyátra mountains , do not rise in that province . All these mountains , therefore , belong to one system , and are connected together ...
... map of Rajasthan ) ; but the Chambal and other rivers of Málwá , which are said to flow from the Páriyátra mountains , do not rise in that province . All these mountains , therefore , belong to one system , and are connected together ...
Page 131
... maps . The Narmadá ( or Nerbudda ) , the Namadus of Ptolemy , is well known . According to the Váyu , it rises , not in the Vindhya , but in the Řiksha mountains ; taking its origin , * All my MSS . read Kumárá . In none of the MSS ...
... maps . The Narmadá ( or Nerbudda ) , the Namadus of Ptolemy , is well known . According to the Váyu , it rises , not in the Vindhya , but in the Řiksha mountains ; taking its origin , * All my MSS . read Kumárá . In none of the MSS ...
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... maps of India , yet pub- lished , that can be regarded as of authority ) are no longer to be traced . Then the lists which are given are such mere catalogues , that they afford no clue to verification , beyond names ; and names have ...
... maps of India , yet pub- lished , that can be regarded as of authority ) are no longer to be traced . Then the lists which are given are such mere catalogues , that they afford no clue to verification , beyond names ; and names have ...
Page 140
... maps of India are crowded with appellations which bear no similitude whatever either to past or present denominations . We need not wonder that we cannot discover Sanskrit names in English maps , when , in the immediate vicinity of ...
... maps of India are crowded with appellations which bear no similitude whatever either to past or present denominations . We need not wonder that we cannot discover Sanskrit names in English maps , when , in the immediate vicinity of ...
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... maps have taken the liberty of transposing the names of the rivers , as the Caggur now is the northern stream , and the Sursooty the southern ; both rising in the Himalaya , and uniting to form one river , called Guggur or Caggur , in ...
... maps have taken the liberty of transposing the names of the rivers , as the Caggur now is the northern stream , and the Sursooty the southern ; both rising in the Himalaya , and uniting to form one river , called Guggur or Caggur , in ...
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