The Works of Sir William Jones, Volume 2J. Stockdale and J. Walker, 1807 - 13 pages |
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... feveral multiples , especially in a decuple progreffion , conftitute fome of the most celebrated periods of the Chaldeans , Greeks , Tartars , and even of the Indians . We cannot fail to observe , that the number 432 , which appears to ...
... feveral multiples , especially in a decuple progreffion , conftitute fome of the most celebrated periods of the Chaldeans , Greeks , Tartars , and even of the Indians . We cannot fail to observe , that the number 432 , which appears to ...
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... feveral natures . " To each of the twenty - seven lunar stations , which they call nachatras , they allow thirteen anfas and one third , or thirteen degrees twenty minutes ; and their names appear in the order of the figns , but without ...
... feveral natures . " To each of the twenty - seven lunar stations , which they call nachatras , they allow thirteen anfas and one third , or thirteen degrees twenty minutes ; and their names appear in the order of the figns , but without ...
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William Jones. man . When I mentioned to different Pandits , at feveral times and in feveral places , the opinion of MONTUCLA , they could not prevail on them- felves to oppofe it by ferious argument ; but fome laughed heartily ; others ...
William Jones. man . When I mentioned to different Pandits , at feveral times and in feveral places , the opinion of MONTUCLA , they could not prevail on them- felves to oppofe it by ferious argument ; but fome laughed heartily ; others ...
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... feveral names before exhi- bited , in a Sanferit vocabulary by the first of those Indian authors , and the fecond of them frequently alludes to Rohini and the reft by name in his Fatal Ring , his Children of the Sun , and his Birth of ...
... feveral names before exhi- bited , in a Sanferit vocabulary by the first of those Indian authors , and the fecond of them frequently alludes to Rohini and the reft by name in his Fatal Ring , his Children of the Sun , and his Birth of ...
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... feveral Pandits are of opinion , that the phrase must relate to the three guna's , or quali- ties of the mind , that of excellence , that of paf- fion , and that of darkness ; from the last of which a Hero fhould be wholly exempt ...
... feveral Pandits are of opinion , that the phrase must relate to the three guna's , or quali- ties of the mind , that of excellence , that of paf- fion , and that of darkness ; from the last of which a Hero fhould be wholly exempt ...
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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