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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... figure , with four heads . He is said ( by the Saivas ) to have once possessed five ; but , as he would not acknowledge the superiority of Siva , as Vishnu had done , that deity cut off one of them . He has also four arms , in one of ...
... figure , with four heads . He is said ( by the Saivas ) to have once possessed five ; but , as he would not acknowledge the superiority of Siva , as Vishnu had done , that deity cut off one of them . He has also four arms , in one of ...
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... figure of another female , issuing from something resembling a fish , on which Varaha has set his foot . Fig . 2 in ... figures of boars armed with bows IN 2 " / and arrows , and in the 16 VARAHA AVATAR .
... figure of another female , issuing from something resembling a fish , on which Varaha has set his foot . Fig . 2 in ... figures of boars armed with bows IN 2 " / and arrows , and in the 16 VARAHA AVATAR .
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... figure of Vishnu in the Varaha Avatar . FOURTH , or NARA - SINGH ( Man - Lion ) AVATAR . In this avatar Vishnu took the form of another monster , to punish the wickedness of a profane and unbelieving monarch , Hiranyacasipa , the ...
... figure of Vishnu in the Varaha Avatar . FOURTH , or NARA - SINGH ( Man - Lion ) AVATAR . In this avatar Vishnu took the form of another monster , to punish the wickedness of a profane and unbelieving monarch , Hiranyacasipa , the ...
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... figures through all the mazes of mythological extrava- gance . The attempt would be vain . But as the brave warrior Hanuman was one of the most distinguished in the field , I cannot resist the impulse to wander , like the predatory ...
... figures through all the mazes of mythological extrava- gance . The attempt would be vain . But as the brave warrior Hanuman was one of the most distinguished in the field , I cannot resist the impulse to wander , like the predatory ...
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... figure of a woman in that position ; " her waist being the earth , the superior portion of her body the abode of the gods , and the inferior part the infernal regions . " Major Moor thus relates the history of this avatar : - " A ...
... figure of a woman in that position ; " her waist being the earth , the superior portion of her body the abode of the gods , and the inferior part the infernal regions . " Major Moor thus relates the history of this avatar : - " A ...
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