Researches Concerning the Laws, Theology, Learning, Commerce, Etc. of Ancient and Modern IndiaT. Cadell and W. Davies, Strand, 1817 |
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... astronomy , and the pure rites of sa- crifice . That part of India which Hystaspes visited was , doubtless , Cashmire , where , in all probability , the ge- nuine religion of Brahma flourished longest without adulteration . ” — Indian ...
... astronomy , and the pure rites of sa- crifice . That part of India which Hystaspes visited was , doubtless , Cashmire , where , in all probability , the ge- nuine religion of Brahma flourished longest without adulteration . ” — Indian ...
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... day of Brahma , fifty of which days have elapsed , according to the Hindus , from the time of the creation . That all this puerility , as it seems at first view , may be only an astronomical riddle , and OF THE HINDŪS . 173.
... day of Brahma , fifty of which days have elapsed , according to the Hindus , from the time of the creation . That all this puerility , as it seems at first view , may be only an astronomical riddle , and OF THE HINDŪS . 173.
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... astronomical revolutions , particularly the pro- cession of the equinoxes ; and that the Brahmins gave that immense space of time to their Yugs , and employed the mystic jargon in which they express themselves , to confound and excite ...
... astronomical revolutions , particularly the pro- cession of the equinoxes ; and that the Brahmins gave that immense space of time to their Yugs , and employed the mystic jargon in which they express themselves , to confound and excite ...
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... Astronomical works in this language are exceedingly numerous : seventy - nine of them are specified in one list ; and , if they contain the names of the principal stars visible in India , with observations on their positions in ...
... Astronomical works in this language are exceedingly numerous : seventy - nine of them are specified in one list ; and , if they contain the names of the principal stars visible in India , with observations on their positions in ...
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Quintin Craufurd. J. M'Creery , Printer , Black - Horse - Court , London . CHAPTER VIII . On the Astronomy and other Sciences of.
Quintin Craufurd. J. M'Creery , Printer , Black - Horse - Court , London . CHAPTER VIII . On the Astronomy and other Sciences of.
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