The Mythology of the Hindus: With Notices of the Various Mountain and Island Tribes Inhabiting the Two Peninsulas of India and the Neighbouring Islands, and an Appendix Comprising the Minor Avatars and the Mythological and Religious Terms, &c, &c of the HindusParbury, Allen, 1832 - Всего страниц: 401 |
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... demon Hayagriva . This and the two following avatars seem to refer to the universal deluge ; and the present would appear as the announcement of it to a pious king , Satyavrata ; who , by some , has been considered to have been Noah of ...
... demon Hayagriva . This and the two following avatars seem to refer to the universal deluge ; and the present would appear as the announcement of it to a pious king , Satyavrata ; who , by some , has been considered to have been Noah of ...
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... demons . By this churning the sea was converted into milk , and then into butter ; from which , among other things , were produced the amrita , or water of life , drank by the immortals ; Sri , or Lakshmi , the goddess of fortune , and ...
... demons . By this churning the sea was converted into milk , and then into butter ; from which , among other things , were produced the amrita , or water of life , drank by the immortals ; Sri , or Lakshmi , the goddess of fortune , and ...
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... demon , on his tusks . Fig . 1 , plate 7 , taken from a fine specimen of ancient sculpture in alto - relief , represents him armed with a richly ornamented shell and discus to attack the demon . One arm is stretched forward in a bending ...
... demon , on his tusks . Fig . 1 , plate 7 , taken from a fine specimen of ancient sculpture in alto - relief , represents him armed with a richly ornamented shell and discus to attack the demon . One arm is stretched forward in a bending ...
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... demon , rolled up the earth into a shapeless mass , and carried it down to the abyss : whither Vishnu followed him in the shape of a hog , killed him with his tusks , and replaced the earth in its original position . " A large portion ...
... demon , rolled up the earth into a shapeless mass , and carried it down to the abyss : whither Vishnu followed him in the shape of a hog , killed him with his tusks , and replaced the earth in its original position . " A large portion ...
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... demons or giants , possessing numerous arms , which ( as well as their heads ) were no sooner struck off , than they were instantly re- produced . In this avatar , Vishnu appears in the person of a courageous and virtuous prince , the ...
... demons or giants , possessing numerous arms , which ( as well as their heads ) were no sooner struck off , than they were instantly re- produced . In this avatar , Vishnu appears in the person of a courageous and virtuous prince , the ...
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Стр. 165 - Soon after the coryza eruptions will appear, first on the palms of the hands and soles of the feet and then on the face.
Стр. 139 - He is called the sun, for he is the soul of all beings ; (and) that is declared by the sage, ' the sun is the soul of what moves, and of that which is fixed.
Стр. 300 - Instant, through copse and heath, arose Bonnets and spears and bended bows : On right, on left, above, below, Sprung up at once the lurking foe...
Стр. 50 - I have conversed, say, that they have been two months on their march, travelling slowly in the hottest season of the year, with their wives and children. Some old persons are among them, who wish to die at Juggernaut. Numbers of pilgrims die on the road ; and their bodies generally remain unburied.
Стр. 140 - The very birth of Brahmans is a constant incarnation of Dherma, God of Justice; for the Brahman is born to promote justice, and to procure ultimate happiness. "When a Brahman springs to light, he is born above the world, the chief of all creatures, assigned to guard the treasury of duties, religious and civil.
Стр. viii - ... a spirit of sublime devotion, of benevolence to mankind, and of amiable tenderness to all sentient creatures, pervades the whole work ; the style of it has a certain austere majesty, that sounds like the language of legislation and extorts a respectful awe; the sentiments of independence on all beings but GOD, and the harsh admonitions even to kings, are truly noble...
Стр. 137 - Let us adore the supremacy of that divine sun, the god-head who illuminates all, who recreates all, from whom all proceed, to whom all must return, whom we invoke to direct our understandings aright in our progress towards his holy seat.
Стр. 330 - Europeans so frequently confounded ; the latter having been stationary at least as long as we have known them, while the slightest impulse seems sufficient to give a determination to the Japanese character, which would progressively improve until it attained the same height of civilization with the European.
Стр. 154 - When a body, formed of five elements to receive the reward of deeds done in its own former person, reverts to its five original principles, what room is there for regret?
Стр. 146 - ... with poison, or a poignard, or some other instrument of suicide in his hand, and threatening to use it if his adversary should attempt to molest or pass him, he thus completely arrests him.