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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... described as being more perfect than the Greek , more copious than the Latin , —and more exquisitely refined than either . It has been urged against them , by some most respectable authors , that their deities are nothing but monstrous ...
... described as being more perfect than the Greek , more copious than the Latin , —and more exquisitely refined than either . It has been urged against them , by some most respectable authors , that their deities are nothing but monstrous ...
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... described in the following pages . * To enable the reader to form a proper idea of the power assumed by the Hindus to belong to their respective deities , I need only quote the following from the Kurma Puran , from the work of Colonel ...
... described in the following pages . * To enable the reader to form a proper idea of the power assumed by the Hindus to belong to their respective deities , I need only quote the following from the Kurma Puran , from the work of Colonel ...
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... described as excelling all others in magnificence , and containing the united glories of all the heavens of the other deities . DAKSHA . Daksha was an avatar or appearance of Brahma upon earth in a human shape . He was the father of ...
... described as excelling all others in magnificence , and containing the united glories of all the heavens of the other deities . DAKSHA . Daksha was an avatar or appearance of Brahma upon earth in a human shape . He was the father of ...
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... described her as the daughter of Brahma , and one of the wives of Vishnu ; but all the other authorities which I have consulted represent her as I have described . She is also called Brahmi , or Brahmini , the goddess of the sciences ...
... described her as the daughter of Brahma , and one of the wives of Vishnu ; but all the other authorities which I have consulted represent her as I have described . She is also called Brahmi , or Brahmini , the goddess of the sciences ...
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... described : sometimes seated on a throne of the sacred lotus , with his favourite wife , Lakshmi , in his arms ; or standing on a lotus pedestal between his two wives , Lakshmi and Satya- vama ( fig . 1 , plate 4 ) ; at others reclining ...
... described : sometimes seated on a throne of the sacred lotus , with his favourite wife , Lakshmi , in his arms ; or standing on a lotus pedestal between his two wives , Lakshmi and Satya- vama ( fig . 1 , plate 4 ) ; at others reclining ...
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