Researches Concerning the Laws, Theology, Learning, Commerce, Etc. of Ancient and Modern IndiaT. Cadell and W. Davies, Strand, 1817 |
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... characters on them which no one in those parts , Hindu or Mohammedan , was able to decypher . He added , however , that all search for them would now be vain , for they had doubtless been long ago devoted to the crucible , as , in their ...
... characters on them which no one in those parts , Hindu or Mohammedan , was able to decypher . He added , however , that all search for them would now be vain , for they had doubtless been long ago devoted to the crucible , as , in their ...
Page 95
Quintin Craufurd. butes , as judge of departed souls . In this character Yama is likewise named Darham Rajah . He has a sceptre in his hand , and rides on a buffalo . He has two genii under him , named Chiter and Gopt . The former has ...
Quintin Craufurd. butes , as judge of departed souls . In this character Yama is likewise named Darham Rajah . He has a sceptre in his hand , and rides on a buffalo . He has two genii under him , named Chiter and Gopt . The former has ...
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... character of the vanquisher of Tripura , during the conflagration of the city , he has sixteen arms , of which one wields the unerring Pinaca . When the moon of Vaisakha ushers in his feast , he is depicted as dancing amidst a crowd of ...
... character of the vanquisher of Tripura , during the conflagration of the city , he has sixteen arms , of which one wields the unerring Pinaca . When the moon of Vaisakha ushers in his feast , he is depicted as dancing amidst a crowd of ...
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... the three parts ; though some have divided them amongst three different divinities . " - Pausanias , Journey to Corinth , lib . ii . c . 24 . & " In the character of Destroyer also , we may 100 ON THE MYTHOLOGY , & c .
... the three parts ; though some have divided them amongst three different divinities . " - Pausanias , Journey to Corinth , lib . ii . c . 24 . & " In the character of Destroyer also , we may 100 ON THE MYTHOLOGY , & c .
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Quintin Craufurd. " In the character of Destroyer also , we may look upon this Indian deity as corresponding with the Stygian Jove , or Pluto ; especially since Cali or Time in the feminine gender , is a name of his consort , who will ...
Quintin Craufurd. " In the character of Destroyer also , we may look upon this Indian deity as corresponding with the Stygian Jove , or Pluto ; especially since Cali or Time in the feminine gender , is a name of his consort , who will ...
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