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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... obtained hers from India ; and by a third party that Persia was the immediate parent of both . The latter conjecture will , perhaps , appear to be as well - founded as any , as we have reason to believe that the earliest departure from ...
... obtained hers from India ; and by a third party that Persia was the immediate parent of both . The latter conjecture will , perhaps , appear to be as well - founded as any , as we have reason to believe that the earliest departure from ...
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... obtained beatitude by their virtue and piety . SURASWATI , The goddess of learning , music , and poetry , is the wife of Brahma . The reverend missionary Ward , in his work on the history , & c . of the Hindus , has described her as the ...
... obtained beatitude by their virtue and piety . SURASWATI , The goddess of learning , music , and poetry , is the wife of Brahma . The reverend missionary Ward , in his work on the history , & c . of the Hindus , has described her as the ...
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... obtained from Brahma the dominion of the universe , or the three regions of the sky , the earth , and patala ( or hell ) . Having thus , by his piety , gained supreme power , his virtue was not long proof against the pride which his pre ...
... obtained from Brahma the dominion of the universe , or the three regions of the sky , the earth , and patala ( or hell ) . Having thus , by his piety , gained supreme power , his virtue was not long proof against the pride which his pre ...
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... obtain for them the earnest wish of their hearts . Their supplications were at length heard , and Runeeka , the mother of Parasu Rama , gave birth to a beautiful child ( an incarnation of Vishnu himself ) , whose transcendent talents ...
... obtain for them the earnest wish of their hearts . Their supplications were at length heard , and Runeeka , the mother of Parasu Rama , gave birth to a beautiful child ( an incarnation of Vishnu himself ) , whose transcendent talents ...
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... obtained extraordinary power from the gods by their religious austerities , afterwards became iniquitous ministers of vice , and the san- guinary oppressors of mankind . They are , in consequence , represented as hydra - headed demons ...
... obtained extraordinary power from the gods by their religious austerities , afterwards became iniquitous ministers of vice , and the san- guinary oppressors of mankind . They are , in consequence , represented as hydra - headed demons ...
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