The Works of Sir William Jones, Volume 2J. Stockdale and J. Walker, 1807 - 13 pages |
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... five thou- fand nine hundred and twenty , the number of years in which the fixed ftars appear to per- form their long revolution eastward . The last mentioned fum is the product also of an hun- dred and forty - four , which , according ...
... five thou- fand nine hundred and twenty , the number of years in which the fixed ftars appear to per- form their long revolution eastward . The last mentioned fum is the product also of an hun- dred and forty - four , which , according ...
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... " A thousand Great Ages are a day of " BRAHMA ' ; a thousand fuch days are an In- " dian hour of VISHNU ; fix hundred thousand " fuch hours make a period of RUDRA ; and a " million of Rudra's ( or two quadrillions five " ON THE CHRONOLOGY.
... " A thousand Great Ages are a day of " BRAHMA ' ; a thousand fuch days are an In- " dian hour of VISHNU ; fix hundred thousand " fuch hours make a period of RUDRA ; and a " million of Rudra's ( or two quadrillions five " ON THE CHRONOLOGY.
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William Jones. " million of Rudra's ( or two quadrillions five " bundred and ninety - two thousand trillions of lu- nar years ) , are but a fecond to the Supreme " Being . " The Hindu theologians deny the conclufion of the stanza to be ...
William Jones. " million of Rudra's ( or two quadrillions five " bundred and ninety - two thousand trillions of lu- nar years ) , are but a fecond to the Supreme " Being . " The Hindu theologians deny the conclufion of the stanza to be ...
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... five MENU's , who fucceeded him , I have feen little more than the names ; but the Hindu writ- ings are very diffuse on the life and pofterity of the feventh MENU , furnamed VAIVASWATA , or Child of the Sun : he is supposed to have had ...
... five MENU's , who fucceeded him , I have feen little more than the names ; but the Hindu writ- ings are very diffuse on the life and pofterity of the feventh MENU , furnamed VAIVASWATA , or Child of the Sun : he is supposed to have had ...
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... five princes between VAIVASWATA and RAMA must have governed the world ; but , reckoning thirty years for a generation , which is rather too much for a long fucceffion of eldejt fons , as they are faid to have been , we cannot , by the ...
... five princes between VAIVASWATA and RAMA must have governed the world ; but , reckoning thirty years for a generation , which is rather too much for a long fucceffion of eldejt fons , as they are faid to have been , we cannot , by 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