Researches Concerning the Laws, Theology, Learning, Commerce, Etc. of Ancient and Modern India, Volume 2T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1817 - 378 pages |
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... frequent division of the unit is into a hundred parts , which is only to be learnt consecutively , as the fractions are different according to the things that are numbered . There are fractions for money , for weights , for measures ...
... frequent division of the unit is into a hundred parts , which is only to be learnt consecutively , as the fractions are different according to the things that are numbered . There are fractions for money , for weights , for measures ...
Page 50
... frequently multiplies by a greater number than is necessary , where he seems to gain nothing but the trouble of dividing by one that is greater in the same proportion ; and he calculates the æra of Salivaganam , with the formality of as ...
... frequently multiplies by a greater number than is necessary , where he seems to gain nothing but the trouble of dividing by one that is greater in the same proportion ; and he calculates the æra of Salivaganam , with the formality of as ...
Page 73
... frequently refer to the Vedas ; especially on those points of the law which concern religion . Here also the ... frequent occasion for reference to the Vedas . Me- dical writers sometimes cite them ; and even annotators on profane poets ...
... frequently refer to the Vedas ; especially on those points of the law which concern religion . Here also the ... frequent occasion for reference to the Vedas . Me- dical writers sometimes cite them ; and even annotators on profane poets ...
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... frequently verified the quotations . On this ground I defend the authentic text of the Indian scripture , as it is now extant ; and although the passages which I have so verified are few , compared with the great volume of the Vedas ...
... frequently verified the quotations . On this ground I defend the authentic text of the Indian scripture , as it is now extant ; and although the passages which I have so verified are few , compared with the great volume of the Vedas ...
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... frequently to be found in the construction of great Hindu temples ; and the column , that must have been used to ascertain the meridian when the temple was begun , and placed in front of it , is now seen standing at some distance from ...
... frequently to be found in the construction of great Hindu temples ; and the column , that must have been used to ascertain the meridian when the temple was begun , and placed in front of it , is now seen standing at some distance from ...
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