The Works of Sir William Jones, Volume 2J. Stockdale and J. Walker, 1807 - 13 pages |
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Page 14
... heads , O CE'SAVA , affuming the form of RAMA - CHANDRA : be victorious , O HERI , lord of the Univerfe ! 8. Thou weareft on thy bright body a man- tle fhining like a blue cloud , or like the water of Yamunà tripping toward thee through ...
... heads , O CE'SAVA , affuming the form of RAMA - CHANDRA : be victorious , O HERI , lord of the Univerfe ! 8. Thou weareft on thy bright body a man- tle fhining like a blue cloud , or like the water of Yamunà tripping toward thee through ...
Page 17
... head . Cicata , named in the text as the birth place . of BUDDHA , the Gófwámi supposes to have been Dhermáranya , a wood near Gayà , where a coloffal image of that ancient Deity ftill re- mains it seemed to ne of black ftone ; but , as ...
... head . Cicata , named in the text as the birth place . of BUDDHA , the Gófwámi supposes to have been Dhermáranya , a wood near Gayà , where a coloffal image of that ancient Deity ftill re- mains it seemed to ne of black ftone ; but , as ...
Page 18
... heads ; first , ( not the general names of BUDDHA , but ) the names of a Buddha - in - general , of which he gives us eighteen , such as Muni , Sáftri , Mu- nindra , Vinayaca , Samantabhadra , Dhermarája , Sugata , and the like ; most ...
... heads ; first , ( not the general names of BUDDHA , but ) the names of a Buddha - in - general , of which he gives us eighteen , such as Muni , Sáftri , Mu- nindra , Vinayaca , Samantabhadra , Dhermarája , Sugata , and the like ; most ...
Page 66
... head being " turned downwards , and its body bent in a 66 circle , they conceive Dhruva , or the pole - star , " to be fixed on the point of its tail ; on the " middle part of the tail they fee four stars , Pre- jápati , Agni , Indra ...
... head being " turned downwards , and its body bent in a 66 circle , they conceive Dhruva , or the pole - star , " to be fixed on the point of its tail ; on the " middle part of the tail they fee four stars , Pre- jápati , Agni , Indra ...
Page 74
... head fwallows " the moon , and thus causes an eclipse ; but we " know , that the fuppofed head and tail of the " dragon mean only the nodes , or points formed 66 by interfections of the ecliptick and the " moon's orbit ; in short , they ...
... head fwallows " the moon , and thus causes an eclipse ; but we " know , that the fuppofed head and tail of the " dragon mean only the nodes , or points formed 66 by interfections of the ecliptick and the " moon's orbit ; in short , they ...
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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