History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v5.c75.511.5

v5.c75.511.5

in Hiouen Thsang's time and in one of them there was a copper image of Mahādeva about 100 feet high 631, though cremation of corpses is continually going on, yet Banaras, owing to the Ganges, is held purest 626, though Kāśī, Vārāṇasī and Avimukta are generally used as synonyms, sometimes a distinction is made in their extent 627-629, traditions of great learning associated with K as vouched for by Kāśīkhaṇḍa, Alberuni and Ain-i-Akbari 641-642, Vācaspati held that Avimukteśvara-liṅga is the same as Viśvanātha, but the Skandapurāṇa treats them as distinct 633, Vanaparva states that by visiting Avimukta and by a bath there pilgrim becomes free from the sin of brāhmaṇa murder and by dying there secures *mokṣa* 629, Vārāṇasī was burnt by Nikumbha, a gaṇa of Śiva and was re-established by Divodāsa 620, Viṣṇu is said by Kāśīkhaṇḍa to have assigned a place called Dharmakṣetra to the north of Kāśī and stayed there in the form of Buddha 641, Viśveśvara or Viśvanātha is the tutelary deity of Banaras and the principal temple in it and every resident is required every day to take a bath in the Gaṅgā and visit Viśveśvara 692, was burnt by Kṛṣṇa with his *cakra* in pursuit of a *kṛtyā* 622, was the capital of Brahmadatta kings according to the Jātakas and Purāṇas 621, was the capital of the Kāśis 619, was the name of a country long before the Sat Br. was composed 619, yātrās of great liṅgas should be celebrated every month from the first *tithi* onwards 640