The Works of Sir William Jones, Volume 2J. Stockdale and J. Walker, 1807 - 13 pages |
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... 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 thousand " of their years , multiplied by seventy - one , " form ...
... 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 thousand " of their years , multiplied by seventy - one , " form ...
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... fuch years will compofe a lunar year of mortals ; whence he furmises , that the four million three hundred and twenty thousand years , of which the four Indian ages are supposed to confist , mean only years of twelve days ; and , in ...
... fuch years will compofe a lunar year of mortals ; whence he furmises , that the four million three hundred and twenty thousand years , of which the four Indian ages are supposed to confist , mean only years of twelve days ; and , in ...
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... 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.
... 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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... fuch ages , or in every day of BRAHMA ' , fourteen 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 ...
... fuch ages , or in every day of BRAHMA ' , fourteen 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 ...
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... fuch descents or special interpofitions of providence in the affairs of mankind ; but they reckon ten principal Avatá- ra's in the current period of four ages ; and all of them are described , in order as they are fuppofed to occur , in ...
... fuch descents or special interpofitions of providence in the affairs of mankind ; but they reckon ten principal Avatá- ra's in the current period of four ages ; and all of them are described , in order as they are fuppofed to occur , in ...
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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