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We subjoin an extract from it . " ISWARA , " ( OSIRIS , or BACCHUS ) . " Let the arms , shoulders , and thighs of Iswara be brought lightning and thunderbolts during the war . Thus , 98 ON THE MYTHOLOGY , & c .
We subjoin an extract from it . " ISWARA , " ( OSIRIS , or BACCHUS ) . " Let the arms , shoulders , and thighs of Iswara be brought lightning and thunderbolts during the war . Thus , 98 ON THE MYTHOLOGY , & c .
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... that of the beams of the crescent which decorates his brow ; his long hair must be knotted in many convolutions ; his shoulders covered by a tyger's skin ; his ten arms ornamented with bracelets of snakes ; pendents hung from his ...
... that of the beams of the crescent which decorates his brow ; his long hair must be knotted in many convolutions ; his shoulders covered by a tyger's skin ; his ten arms ornamented with bracelets of snakes ; pendents hung from his ...
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... following poem is addressed , appears evidently the same with the Grecian Eros , and the Roman Cupido ; but the Indian description of his person and arms , his family , attendants , and attributes , has new and peculiar beauties .
... following poem is addressed , appears evidently the same with the Grecian Eros , and the Roman Cupido ; but the Indian description of his person and arms , his family , attendants , and attributes , has new and peculiar beauties .
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Agny , the god of fire , also named Pavaca , or the purifier , may be compared with the Vulcan of Egypt , where he was a deity of high rank ; whereas the Vulcan of Greece appears to have been merely a * Jones . forger of arms .
Agny , the god of fire , also named Pavaca , or the purifier , may be compared with the Vulcan of Egypt , where he was a deity of high rank ; whereas the Vulcan of Greece appears to have been merely a * Jones . forger of arms .
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forger of arms . Suaha , the wife of Pavaca , seems to answer to the younger Vesta , “ or Vestia , as the Eolians pronounced the Greek word for a hearth . ” * But the consort of this Indian Vulcan , is distinct from Bhavany , the Venus ...
forger of arms . Suaha , the wife of Pavaca , seems to answer to the younger Vesta , “ or Vestia , as the Eolians pronounced the Greek word for a hearth . ” * But the consort of this Indian Vulcan , is distinct from Bhavany , the Venus ...
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| Title | Researches Concerning the Laws, Theology, Learning, Commerce, Etc. of Ancient and Modern India |
| Author | Quintin Craufurd |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | T. Cadell and W. Davies, Strand, 1817 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 28 Jun 2016 |
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