Researches Concerning the Laws, Theology, Learning, Commerce, Etc. of Ancient and Modern IndiaT. Cadell and W. Davies, Strand, 1817 |
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Page 108
... performed in the sacred Ganges , at a place named Haraca - Pairi , or the foot of Hara . The grand day of bathing answers to our 11th of April . The number of persons who assemble annually , has been computed at about a million of souls ...
... performed in the sacred Ganges , at a place named Haraca - Pairi , or the foot of Hara . The grand day of bathing answers to our 11th of April . The number of persons who assemble annually , has been computed at about a million of souls ...
Page 139
... ; but when the Brahmins perform their religious ceremonies , and make their offerings , which ge* See Asiatic Res . 8vo . edit . vol . i . p . 240 . nerally consist of flowers , it is said that seven OF THE HINDUS . 139.
... ; but when the Brahmins perform their religious ceremonies , and make their offerings , which ge* See Asiatic Res . 8vo . edit . vol . i . p . 240 . nerally consist of flowers , it is said that seven OF THE HINDUS . 139.
Page 140
... performed to Phallus , by the Egyptians and Greeks , and those by the Hindus to Lingam ; upon which occasions the emblematic representations of that deity , and the ceremonies used , seem exactly to resemble one another . The figure of ...
... performed to Phallus , by the Egyptians and Greeks , and those by the Hindus to Lingam ; upon which occasions the emblematic representations of that deity , and the ceremonies used , seem exactly to resemble one another . The figure of ...
Page 141
... performing those ceremonies to their manes , which , they believe , tend to mitigate punishment in a future state , they consider the being deprived of progeny as a severe misfortune , and the sign of having offended the deity . By no ...
... performing those ceremonies to their manes , which , they believe , tend to mitigate punishment in a future state , they consider the being deprived of progeny as a severe misfortune , and the sign of having offended the deity . By no ...
Page 142
... perform certain religious ceremonies for the benefit of the soul of his deceased father . He was a man of rank and fortune , and had come from Surat on the gulf of Cambay , across the peninsula , striking to the north . From a journal ...
... perform certain religious ceremonies for the benefit of the soul of his deceased father . He was a man of rank and fortune , and had come from Surat on the gulf of Cambay , across the peninsula , striking to the north . From a journal ...
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