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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Page 83
... head , any fixed and determinate position . The probability seems to us to be much in favour of the great antiquity of these curi- ous remains . " * * See Note D. in the Appendix . CHAPTER IX . ARCHITECTURE AND ANCIENT STRUCTURES OF THE ...
... head , any fixed and determinate position . The probability seems to us to be much in favour of the great antiquity of these curi- ous remains . " * * See Note D. in the Appendix . CHAPTER IX . ARCHITECTURE AND ANCIENT STRUCTURES OF THE ...
Page 89
... heads ; there is a grace almost Grecian in several of the deities ; and throughout , much less of gro- tesque barbarism and obscenity than is found in the more recent structures of their superstition . The wealth , the power , and ...
... heads ; there is a grace almost Grecian in several of the deities ; and throughout , much less of gro- tesque barbarism and obscenity than is found in the more recent structures of their superstition . The wealth , the power , and ...
Page 94
... head reclining on an immense hooded snake rolled in numerous coils , and having se- veral heads , so disposed as to form a canopy with their heads over the head of the God . * At the opposite end of this temple is the consort of Siva ...
... head reclining on an immense hooded snake rolled in numerous coils , and having se- veral heads , so disposed as to form a canopy with their heads over the head of the God . * At the opposite end of this temple is the consort of Siva ...
Page 95
... head downward . The goddess has several warlike weapons , and some armed attendants of diminutive size . The monster opposite to her with the head of the Buf- falo , is armed with a club . In the charac- ter of Durga , and protectress ...
... head downward . The goddess has several warlike weapons , and some armed attendants of diminutive size . The monster opposite to her with the head of the Buf- falo , is armed with a club . In the charac- ter of Durga , and protectress ...
Page 105
... features , and the swelling of her breasts : the head being so much elevated is secure from injury from those below , and is also protected from the weather by the projec- tion above . The statue of their supposed son is OF THE HINDŪS .
... features , and the swelling of her breasts : the head being so much elevated is secure from injury from those below , and is also protected from the weather by the projec- tion above . The statue of their supposed son is OF THE HINDŪS .
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