Researches Concerning the Laws, Theology, Learning, Commerce, Etc. of Ancient and Modern IndiaT. Cadell and W. Davies, Strand, 1817 |
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Page 98
... Purana exhibits a very full code of laws for the guidance of the artist . The most copious treatise , however , on this subject that we have met with , is comprised in a work in the Imperial Library at Paris , entitled Hayasiras ; but ...
... Purana exhibits a very full code of laws for the guidance of the artist . The most copious treatise , however , on this subject that we have met with , is comprised in a work in the Imperial Library at Paris , entitled Hayasiras ; but ...
Page 121
... Puranas ; but the Hindus have a great number of regular dramas , at least two thousand years old , and among them are several very fine ones on the story of Rama . The first poet of the Hindus with whom we are acquainted , was the great ...
... Puranas ; but the Hindus have a great number of regular dramas , at least two thousand years old , and among them are several very fine ones on the story of Rama . The first poet of the Hindus with whom we are acquainted , was the great ...
Page 130
... Purana.- " He was a wise legis- lator , great in arts and in arms , an eloquent messenger of the gods , either to one an- other , or to favoured mortals , and a mu- sician of exquisite skill . His invention of the Vina , or Indian lute ...
... Purana.- " He was a wise legis- lator , great in arts and in arms , an eloquent messenger of the gods , either to one an- other , or to favoured mortals , and a mu- sician of exquisite skill . His invention of the Vina , or Indian lute ...
Page 153
... Puranas . In her character of Ma - ha - cali she has many other epithets , all implying different shades of black , ག ཏུ ། ང་ ལྡན་ པ་ གས་ པ་ དག་ ལ་ གཙང་ པོ ། 4 stream , an appearance which it is said to present OF THE HINDUS . 153.
... Puranas . In her character of Ma - ha - cali she has many other epithets , all implying different shades of black , ག ཏུ ། ང་ ལྡན་ པ་ གས་ པ་ དག་ ལ་ གཙང་ པོ ། 4 stream , an appearance which it is said to present OF THE HINDUS . 153.
Page 158
... Puranas ; the Indian god of war was born in a grove of it , which burst into a flame ; the gods gave notice of his birth to the nymph of the Pleiads , who descended and suckled the child , thence named Carticeya . This plant is often de ...
... Puranas ; the Indian god of war was born in a grove of it , which burst into a flame ; the gods gave notice of his birth to the nymph of the Pleiads , who descended and suckled the child , thence named Carticeya . This plant is often de ...
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