Researches Concerning the Laws, Theology, Learning, Commerce, Etc. of Ancient and Modern IndiaT. Cadell and W. Davies, Strand, 1817 |
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... perform- e of his business requires , not slothful n , but active , able , and well instructed ; nany and no more let him appoint . Among those let him employ the brave , Sir Wm . Jones's Works , vol . vii . p . 163 . Ibid . vol . vii ...
... perform- e of his business requires , not slothful n , but active , able , and well instructed ; nany and no more let him appoint . Among those let him employ the brave , Sir Wm . Jones's Works , vol . vii . p . 163 . Ibid . vol . vii ...
Page 108
... performed in the sacred Ganges , at a place named Hara- ca - Pairi , or the foot of Hara . The grand day of bath- ing answers to our 11th of April . The number of per- sons who assemble annually , has been computed at about a million of ...
... performed in the sacred Ganges , at a place named Hara- ca - Pairi , or the foot of Hara . The grand day of bath- ing answers to our 11th of April . The number of per- sons who assemble annually , has been computed at about a million of ...
Page 139
... ; but when the Brahmins perform their religious ceremo- nies , and make their offerings , which ge- * See Asiatic Res . 8vo . edit . vol . i . p . 240 . 4 : 47 ANY nerally consist of flowers , it is said that seven OF THE HINDUS . 139.
... ; but when the Brahmins perform their religious ceremo- nies , and make their offerings , which ge- * See Asiatic Res . 8vo . edit . vol . i . p . 240 . 4 : 47 ANY 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 represent- ations of that deity , and the ceremonies used , seem exactly to resemble one another . The figure ...
... performed to Phallus , by the Egyptians and Greeks , and those by the Hindus to Lingam ; upon which occasions the emblematic represent- ations of that deity , and the ceremonies used , seem exactly to resemble one another . The figure ...
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 ...
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