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 one in those parts , Hindu or Moham- lan , was able to decypher . He added , ever , that all search for them would - be vain , for they had doubtless been gago devoted to the crucible , as , in DEVIC uniary ...
... characters on them which one in those parts , Hindu or Moham- lan , was able to decypher . He added , ever , that all search for them would - be vain , for they had doubtless been gago devoted to the crucible , as , in DEVIC uniary ...
Page 95
Quintin Craufurd. butes , as judge of departed souls . In this character Yama is likewise named Dar- ham 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 Dar- ham 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 ...
Page 99
... character of the van- quisher 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 ...
... character of the van- quisher 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 ...
Page 100
... Pausanias , Journey to Corinth , lib . ii . c . 24 . , as a SVI bull . Ca as of Jupit rate bull of title of Lap Meaning , we pr Tarious explana " In the character of Destroyer also , we may 100 ON THE MYTHOLOGY , & c .
... Pausanias , Journey to Corinth , lib . ii . c . 24 . , as a SVI bull . Ca as of Jupit rate bull of title of Lap Meaning , we pr Tarious explana " 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 corre- sponding with the Stygian Jove , or Pluto ; especially since Cali or Time in the femi- nine gender , is a name of his consort , who ...
Quintin Craufurd. " In the character of Destroyer also , we may look upon this Indian deity as corre- sponding with the Stygian Jove , or Pluto ; especially since Cali or Time in the femi- nine gender , is a name of his consort , who ...
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