The Works of Sir William Jones, Volume 2J. Stockdale and J. Walker, 1807 - 13 pages |
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... hundreds . " In the three fucceffive ages , together with " their limits at the beginning and end of " them , are thousands and hundreds dimi- " nished by one . This aggregate of four ages , amounting to twelve thousand divine years ...
... hundreds . " In the three fucceffive ages , together with " their limits at the beginning and end of " them , are thousands and hundreds dimi- " nished by one . This aggregate of four ages , amounting to twelve thousand divine years ...
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... hundred and twenty thousand years , of which the four Indian ages are supposed to confist , mean only years of twelve days ; and , in fact , that fum , di- vided by thirty , is reduced to an hundred and forty - four thousand : now a ...
... hundred and twenty thousand years , of which the four Indian ages are supposed to confist , mean only years of twelve days ; and , in fact , that fum , di- vided by thirty , is reduced to an hundred and forty - four thousand : now a ...
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... 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 to M. BAILLY , was an ...
... 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 to M. BAILLY , was an ...
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... 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 among their com ...
... 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 among their com ...
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... fuch months , one of his years ; and an hundred fuch years , his age ; of which age they affert , that fifty years have elapfed . We are now then , according to the Hindus , in the first day or Calpa of the 8 ON THE CHRONOLOGY.
... fuch months , one of his years ; and an hundred fuch years , his age ; of which age they affert , that fifty years have elapfed . We are now then , according to the Hindus , in the first day or Calpa of the 8 ON THE CHRONOLOGY.
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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