The Works of Sir William Jones, Volume 2J. Stockdale and J. Walker, 1807 - 13 pages |
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... divine years , is " called an age of the Gods ; and a thousand " fuch divine ages added together must be con- " fidered as a day of BRAHMA ' : his night has " alfo the fame duration . The before men- ❝tioned age of the Gods , or twelve ...
... divine years , is " called an age of the Gods ; and a thousand " fuch divine ages added together must be con- " fidered as a day of BRAHMA ' : his night has " alfo the fame duration . The before men- ❝tioned age of the Gods , or twelve ...
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... 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 , conjecture apart , we need only compare the two periods 4320000 and 25920 , and we shall find , that ...
... 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 , conjecture apart , we need only compare the two periods 4320000 and 25920 , and we shall find , that ...
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... error , we may fuppofe , that they formed their divine age by an arbitrary multiplication of 24,000 by 180 according to M. LE GENTIL , or of 21600 by 200 according to the comment on the Súrya Siddhánta . Now , as it is OF THE HINDUS . 7.
... error , we may fuppofe , that they formed their divine age by an arbitrary multiplication of 24,000 by 180 according to M. LE GENTIL , or of 21600 by 200 according to the comment on the Súrya Siddhánta . Now , as it is OF THE HINDUS . 7.
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... divine age was at firft merely aftronomical , and may confequently reject it from our present inquiry into the historical or civil chronology of India , Let us , however , proceed to the avowed opinions of the Hindus , and fee , when we ...
... divine age was at firft merely aftronomical , and may confequently reject it from our present inquiry into the historical or civil chronology of India , Let us , however , proceed to the avowed opinions of the Hindus , and fee , when we ...
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... divine age of the fe- venth Manwantara , of which divine age the three first human ages have passed , and four thou- fand eight hundred and eighty - eight of the fourth . In the present day of BRAHMA ' , the first MENU was furnamed SwA ...
... divine age of the fe- venth Manwantara , of which divine age the three first human ages have passed , and four thou- fand eight hundred and eighty - eight of the fourth . In the present day of BRAHMA ' , the first MENU was furnamed SwA ...
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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