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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... Vishnu were generally for the preservation of the world ; the relief of suffering humanity ; and to recall mankind back to piety and virtue . In this respect our judgment must be in favour of the Hindus . Of the Hindu system of music ...
... Vishnu were generally for the preservation of the world ; the relief of suffering humanity ; and to recall mankind back to piety and virtue . In this respect our judgment must be in favour of the Hindus . Of the Hindu system of music ...
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... Vishnu , and Siva . But this consistent monotheism , this worship of God in unity , is bounded here ; as the religion taught to the common herd is polytheism , accompanied by the most disgusting of abominations , pro- fanations , and ...
... Vishnu , and Siva . But this consistent monotheism , this worship of God in unity , is bounded here ; as the religion taught to the common herd is polytheism , accompanied by the most disgusting of abominations , pro- fanations , and ...
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... Vishnu ; and of again annihilating it to Siva . Others again assert , that as Vishnu ( the preserving spirit of God ) was sleeping on the serpent Ananta , or eternity , on the face of the waters , after the annihilation of a former ...
... Vishnu ; and of again annihilating it to Siva . Others again assert , that as Vishnu ( the preserving spirit of God ) was sleeping on the serpent Ananta , or eternity , on the face of the waters , after the annihilation of a former ...
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... Vishnu . For this reason Brahma is not now much regarded ; his temples have been overturned , and the worship of him suppressed by the followers of Vishnu and Siva . I shall now proceed to describe the deities of the Hindu Mythology ...
... Vishnu . For this reason Brahma is not now much regarded ; his temples have been overturned , and the worship of him suppressed by the followers of Vishnu and Siva . I shall now proceed to describe the deities of the Hindu Mythology ...
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... Vishnu , or Siva , he undertook the task of ascertaining the point by a some- what hazardous experiment . He first proceeded to Brahma , whom he purposely neglected to treat with his customary respect and decorum ; which unusual ...
... Vishnu , or Siva , he undertook the task of ascertaining the point by a some- what hazardous experiment . He first proceeded to Brahma , whom he purposely neglected to treat with his customary respect and decorum ; which unusual ...
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