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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... caused Cansa to stand rebuked , and to have desisted from his iniquitous cruelties . But these expectations , like the bright but fleeting visions of youth , fade before the wisdom of experience ; and we find the tyrant , so far from ...
... caused Cansa to stand rebuked , and to have desisted from his iniquitous cruelties . But these expectations , like the bright but fleeting visions of youth , fade before the wisdom of experience ; and we find the tyrant , so far from ...
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... caused each to believe that he was close to her side . " In that agitation of the feet , and delicate motion of the limbs and waist , all the refinement of the oriental dance was exhibited . The moisture of perspiration came on the ...
... caused each to believe that he was close to her side . " In that agitation of the feet , and delicate motion of the limbs and waist , all the refinement of the oriental dance was exhibited . The moisture of perspiration came on the ...
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... causes , the number of pilgrims had so considerably decreased , that enough could not be found to drag the rat'hs , or cars , and that not a single devotee had that year paved the way with his blood ; though , it adds , " the sight on ...
... causes , the number of pilgrims had so considerably decreased , that enough could not be found to drag the rat'hs , or cars , and that not a single devotee had that year paved the way with his blood ; though , it adds , " the sight on ...
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... caused them many vexations on the journey , for he would sometimes ride with his wife and leave them to walk , & c . Arriving at Panderpur , they took up their abode in a Brahman's house for the evening and night ; during which Pundelly ...
... caused them many vexations on the journey , for he would sometimes ride with his wife and leave them to walk , & c . Arriving at Panderpur , they took up their abode in a Brahman's house for the evening and night ; during which Pundelly ...
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... caused to the gods and goddesses , he appears to have been , on all occasions , a ready champion and a useful character when required by any of these deities . He was of great service to Krishna , in his numerous encounters with the ...
... caused to the gods and goddesses , he appears to have been , on all occasions , a ready champion and a useful character when required by any of these deities . He was of great service to Krishna , in his numerous encounters with the ...
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Стр. 165 - Soon after the coryza eruptions will appear, first on the palms of the hands and soles of the feet and then on the face.
Стр. 139 - He is called the sun, for he is the soul of all beings ; (and) that is declared by the sage, ' the sun is the soul of what moves, and of that which is fixed.
Стр. 300 - Instant, through copse and heath, arose Bonnets and spears and bended bows : On right, on left, above, below, Sprung up at once the lurking foe...
Стр. 50 - I have conversed, say, that they have been two months on their march, travelling slowly in the hottest season of the year, with their wives and children. Some old persons are among them, who wish to die at Juggernaut. Numbers of pilgrims die on the road ; and their bodies generally remain unburied.
Стр. 140 - The very birth of Brahmans is a constant incarnation of Dherma, God of Justice; for the Brahman is born to promote justice, and to procure ultimate happiness. "When a Brahman springs to light, he is born above the world, the chief of all creatures, assigned to guard the treasury of duties, religious and civil.
Стр. viii - ... a spirit of sublime devotion, of benevolence to mankind, and of amiable tenderness to all sentient creatures, pervades the whole work ; the style of it has a certain austere majesty, that sounds like the language of legislation and extorts a respectful awe; the sentiments of independence on all beings but GOD, and the harsh admonitions even to kings, are truly noble...
Стр. 137 - Let us adore the supremacy of that divine sun, the god-head who illuminates all, who recreates all, from whom all proceed, to whom all must return, whom we invoke to direct our understandings aright in our progress towards his holy seat.
Стр. 330 - Europeans so frequently confounded ; the latter having been stationary at least as long as we have known them, while the slightest impulse seems sufficient to give a determination to the Japanese character, which would progressively improve until it attained the same height of civilization with the European.
Стр. 154 - When a body, formed of five elements to receive the reward of deeds done in its own former person, reverts to its five original principles, what room is there for regret?
Стр. 146 - ... with poison, or a poignard, or some other instrument of suicide in his hand, and threatening to use it if his adversary should attempt to molest or pass him, he thus completely arrests him.