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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... possessed historians deficient in industry and research , or in the necessary qualifications to embody , in a ... possessing amiable tempers , and highly accomplished , whom the most indifferent cannot behold without expressions of ...
... possessed historians deficient in industry and research , or in the necessary qualifications to embody , in a ... possessing amiable tempers , and highly accomplished , whom the most indifferent cannot behold without expressions of ...
Стр. vii
... possessed , nor can possess , a title . The truth , as is com- monly the case , will , perhaps , be found in the medium . If the Hindus have numerous vices , they have also many virtues . If their ancient sculptures possess not the ...
... possessed , nor can possess , a title . The truth , as is com- monly the case , will , perhaps , be found in the medium . If the Hindus have numerous vices , they have also many virtues . If their ancient sculptures possess not the ...
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... possessing a competent knowledge of the history , and man- ners , and customs of the Hindus in general . The plates in this book have been taken , with a very few exceptions , from sculptures , casts , models , carvings , drawings , & c ...
... possessing a competent knowledge of the history , and man- ners , and customs of the Hindus in general . The plates in this book have been taken , with a very few exceptions , from sculptures , casts , models , carvings , drawings , & c ...
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... possessing three hundred and thirty millions of gods , or forms under which they are worshipped . Certain it is , that the human form in its na- tural state , or possessing the heads or limbs of various animals ; the ele- ments , the ...
... possessing three hundred and thirty millions of gods , or forms under which they are worshipped . Certain it is , that the human form in its na- tural state , or possessing the heads or limbs of various animals ; the ele- ments , the ...
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... 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 which he holds a spoon , in another a string of beads , in the third a ...
... 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 which he holds a spoon , in another a string of beads , in the third a ...
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