The Works of Sir William Jones, Volume 2J. Stockdale and J. Walker, 1807 - 13 pages |
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... MENU , fon of BRAHMA ' , to the first inhabitants of the earth : a well - collated copy of this interesting law - tract is now before me : and I begin my differtation with a few couplets from the first chapter of it : " The fun caufes ...
... MENU , fon of BRAHMA ' , to the first inhabitants of the earth : a well - collated copy of this interesting law - tract is now before me : and I begin my differtation with a few couplets from the first chapter of it : " The fun caufes ...
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... MENU , and suppose only a day and night to be called a year , we may divide the number of years in a divine age by three hundred and fixty , and the quotient will be twelve thousand , or the number of his divine years in one age ; but ...
... MENU , and suppose only a day and night to be called a year , we may divide the number of years in a divine age by three hundred and fixty , and the quotient will be twelve thousand , or the number of his divine years in one age ; but ...
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... MENU's are fucceffively invefted by him with the fovereignty of the earth : each MENU , they suppose , transmits his empire to his fons and grand fons during a period of seventy - one divine ages ; and fuch a period they name a Man ...
... MENU's are fucceffively invefted by him with the fovereignty of the earth : each MENU , they suppose , transmits his empire to his fons and grand fons during a period of seventy - one divine ages ; and fuch a period they name a Man ...
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... MENU was furnamed SwA'YAMBHUVA , or Son of the Self - exiftent : and it is He , by whom the Inftitutes of Religious and Civil Duties are fup- posed to have been delivered : in his time the Deity descended at a Sacrifice , and , by his ...
... MENU was furnamed SwA'YAMBHUVA , or Son of the Self - exiftent : and it is He , by whom the Inftitutes of Religious and Civil Duties are fup- posed to have been delivered : in his time the Deity descended at a Sacrifice , and , by his ...
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... MENU ; MENU " explained it to ICSHWA'CU : thus the Chief Rishi's know this fublime doctrine delivered " from one to another . " 66 In the reign of this Sun - born Monarch the Hindus believe the whole earth to have been drowned , and the ...
... MENU ; MENU " explained it to ICSHWA'CU : thus the Chief Rishi's know this fublime doctrine delivered " from one to another . " 66 In the reign of this Sun - born Monarch the Hindus believe the whole earth to have been drowned , and the ...
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afferted affuming affured aftronomers alfo alſo ancient anſwered Arabick beautiful becauſe beſt BHAIRAVA bloffoms bofom bower BRAHMA BUDDHA called cauſe Chaturanga Chineſe cloſe compofed confifts CRISHNA damfel defire deſcribed divine eſpecially expreffed eyes faid fame fays fecond feemed feven fhall fince firft firſt fleep flowers folar fome foul ftars fubject fuch fuppofed fyftem grant flowers heart HERI himſelf Hindus hiſtory houſe hundred India Indian INDRA iſland itſelf juſt king laſt leaſt lotos lunar Magadha manfion meaſure MENU modes moon moſt mufick muft muſician muſt night obfervation paffage paffed paffion Pandits Perfian perfon pleaſure praiſe preſent prince purpoſe RA'DHA raiſed reaſon reſemblance reſpect ſaid Sanferit ſeems ſeven ſeveral ſhall ſhe ſhould SO'MA ſome ſtars ſuch ſuppoſed ſyſtem thee themſelves theſe thofe thoſe thouſand tion univerfal uſed vafe Véda's Védas verſes VISHNU weft whofe whoſe