History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v5.c75.511.2

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it is said that mere residence in K till death not only frees a man from such sins as brāhmaṇa-murder, but also frees him from the cycle of births and deaths 566, is called Ānandakānana because it gives joy to Śiva 626, Jābālopaniṣad gives an esoteric meaning to Avimukta, Varaṇā and Nāśī 625-626; Jain works like the Kalpasūtra say that Arhat Pārśva was born in Banaras 621, Jñānavāpī, origin and importance of 638; Kapālamocana-ghāṭ at K. is ancient 639; Kāśīkhaṇḍa, a part of Skandapurāṇa, devotes 15000 verses to Banaras and subtīrthas 623, known under five names from ancient times viz. Vārāṇasī, Kāśī, Avimukta, Ānandakānana and Śmaśāna or Mahāśmaśāna 624; lauded and described at great length in several Purāṇas 623; liṅgas and tīrthas at K. mentioned in some purāṇas are numerous 639-40; Lolārka is one of the twelve shrines of the Sun in K 633n, 634; Maṇikarṇikā pool is the most holy among tīrthas at K. 635, mantras recited when contemplating Maṇikarṇikā 633, Mlecchas, insects, birds, beasts, worms after death in K. find happiness 630, by identifying Asī and Varaṇā with Iḍā and other nāḍīs mystic flavour is imparted to those names 631;