[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Vernacular Literatures](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular) › [Early Hindi literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.hindi) › [Histories, biographies and hagiographies](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.hindi.itihasa) › [Ardhakathanak](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.hindi.itihasa.ardhakathanak) › 2 # Ardhakathanak 2 Ardhakathānak 2 - **Language:** Braj Bhāṣā ### [2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.hindi.itihasa.ardhakathanak.2) savaiyā ikatīsā. Banārasī nagarī kī siphatha Gaṅga mā̃hi āi dhasī dvai nadī Barunā Asī, bīca basī Banārasī nagarī bakhānī hai. Kasīvāra desa madhya gā̃u tātaĩ Kāsī nā̃u, śrī Supāsa-Pāsa kī janama-bhūmi mānī hai. tahā̃ duhū Jina Siva-māraga pragaṭa kīnau, taba setī Sivapurī jagata maĩ jānī hai. aisī bidhi nāma thape nagarī Banārasī ke, aura bhānti kahai so tau mithyāmata-bānī hai. // > savaiyā of thirty-one syllables. Praise of the city of Banāras: / Two rivers, the Varuṇā and Asī, enter and flow into the Gaṅgā; / between them lies situated the renowned city of Banāras. / A settlement within the land of the Kasīvāras, it is therefore named Kāśī; / it is known as the birthplace of the venerable Supārśva and Pārśva. / There both Jinas revealed the path of liberation; / from that time onward the world has known it as Śivapurī. / In this manner the names of the city of Banāras were established; / whoever speaks otherwise speaks the words of false doctrine. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.hindi.itihasa.ardhakathanak.1) - [Next: 3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.hindi.itihasa.ardhakathanak.3) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.hindi.itihasa.ardhakathanak~en-mt.2) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.hindi.itihasa.ardhakathanak.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.hindi.itihasa.ardhakathanak.2) · Pramāṇa