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 110
... extend this article to much too great length . In the countries of the Deckan , but especially in the southern parts of it , they are extremely numerous , and some of them are of immense magni- tude . 1 CHAPTER X. OF THE MANNERS ...
... extend this article to much too great length . In the countries of the Deckan , but especially in the southern parts of it , they are extremely numerous , and some of them are of immense magni- tude . 1 CHAPTER X. OF THE MANNERS ...
Page 125
... extended , in their blood , on the floor . From the perfect silence which had pre- vailed , it was evident that no compulsion had been used , and that all had preferred death to the risk of exposing themselves to insult . It seemed ...
... extended , in their blood , on the floor . From the perfect silence which had pre- vailed , it was evident that no compulsion had been used , and that all had preferred death to the risk of exposing themselves to insult . It seemed ...
Page 135
... sacrifice in the name of the deceased . Ropes being extended over the bed of combustibles , and a sheet of new cloth spread over them , the * Clarified butter . dead body is laid on it . The widow then OF THE HINDUS . 135.
... sacrifice in the name of the deceased . Ropes being extended over the bed of combustibles , and a sheet of new cloth spread over them , the * Clarified butter . dead body is laid on it . The widow then OF THE HINDUS . 135.
Page 203
... extended itself over the immense regions of Chin , Cham , Japuen , China , Tartary , and Japan . It does not appear that all the nations , who occupy this extensive re- gion , employ only one language for their sacred writings and laws ...
... extended itself over the immense regions of Chin , Cham , Japuen , China , Tartary , and Japan . It does not appear that all the nations , who occupy this extensive re- gion , employ only one language for their sacred writings and laws ...
Page 207
... extend- ed to fifteen hundred , or , perhaps , five thousand . Many of the Sanscrit words in the Malayu , he observes , are such as the progress of civilization must soon have rendered necessary , being frequently ex- pressive of mental ...
... extend- ed to fifteen hundred , or , perhaps , five thousand . Many of the Sanscrit words in the Malayu , he observes , are such as the progress of civilization must soon have rendered necessary , being frequently ex- pressive of mental ...
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