Researches Concerning the Laws, Theology, Learning, Commerce, Etc. of Ancient and Modern IndiaT. Cadell and W. Davies, Strand, 1817 |
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Quintin Craufurd. ed ; and notwithstanding instances of toleration that may be produced , as during the reign of that enlightened prince , Akber , and some of his successors , it is evident that the Hindus were ever regarded by the ...
Quintin Craufurd. ed ; and notwithstanding instances of toleration that may be produced , as during the reign of that enlightened prince , Akber , and some of his successors , it is evident that the Hindus were ever regarded by the ...
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... produce various beings from his own divine substance , first with a thought created the waters , and placed in them a ... produced a large egg , broke it , and that from it came out the heavens and the earth . The same allegory was made ...
... produce various beings from his own divine substance , first with a thought created the waters , and placed in them a ... produced a large egg , broke it , and that from it came out the heavens and the earth . The same allegory was made ...
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... produced 66 goras . Their title implied a pure devout life , free from violence . They abstained from eating any animal food , or eggs , as the Brahmins and devout persons in India have done from the remotest ages . In the orgies of ...
... produced 66 goras . Their title implied a pure devout life , free from violence . They abstained from eating any animal food , or eggs , as the Brahmins and devout persons in India have done from the remotest ages . In the orgies of ...
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... produce of the field , the work of the artisan , the city without walls , and the defenceless village , are declared sacred and inviolable . + Those only who * Vincent , vol . i . 82 . + " Strabo , lib . xv . - Diod . Sic . lib . ii ...
... produce of the field , the work of the artisan , the city without walls , and the defenceless village , are declared sacred and inviolable . + Those only who * Vincent , vol . i . 82 . + " Strabo , lib . xv . - Diod . Sic . lib . ii ...
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... produce obstruction to population ; marriage in that class seems not only to have been admitted , but ordained . " A Brahmin cannot retire to the woods , that is to say , become Hylobius , or Jogee , till he has given children to the ...
... produce obstruction to population ; marriage in that class seems not only to have been admitted , but ordained . " A Brahmin cannot retire to the woods , that is to say , become Hylobius , or Jogee , till he has given children to the ...
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