The Works of Sir William Jones, Volume 2J. Stockdale and J. Walker, 1807 - 13 pages |
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William Jones. peared after the thousandth year of the fourth : the learned and accurate author of the Dabistán , whofe information concerning the Hindus is wonderfully correct , mentions an opinion of the Pandits , with whom he had ...
William Jones. peared after the thousandth year of the fourth : the learned and accurate author of the Dabistán , whofe information concerning the Hindus is wonderfully correct , mentions an opinion of the Pandits , with whom he had ...
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... learned Gof- wámi , and entitled Bhagawatámrita , or , the Nectar of the Bhagawat , on which it is a me- trical comment ; and the couplet which he read from it deferves to be cited : after the just men- tioned account of BUDDHA in the ...
... learned Gof- wámi , and entitled Bhagawatámrita , or , the Nectar of the Bhagawat , on which it is a me- trical comment ; and the couplet which he read from it deferves to be cited : after the just men- tioned account of BUDDHA in the ...
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... learned author , having exhibited the names of a Dévatà in ge- neral , proceeded to thofe of a Buddha in gene- ral , before he came to particulars : he added , that Buddha might mean a Sage or a Philofo- pher , though Budha was the word ...
... learned author , having exhibited the names of a Dévatà in ge- neral , proceeded to thofe of a Buddha in gene- ral , before he came to particulars : he added , that Buddha might mean a Sage or a Philofo- pher , though Budha was the word ...
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... learned Indians differ fo widely in their accounts of the age , when their ninth Avatar appeared in their country , we may be affured , that they have no certain Chronology before him , and may suspect the certainty of all the relations ...
... learned Indians differ fo widely in their accounts of the age , when their ninth Avatar appeared in their country , we may be affured , that they have no certain Chronology before him , and may suspect the certainty of all the relations ...
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... learned and ingenious , but paffionate and vindictive , Brahman , whose name was CHA'NA- CYA , and who raised to the throne a man of the Maurya race , named CHANDRAGUPTA : by the death of NANDA , and his fons , the Cha- triya family of ...
... learned and ingenious , but paffionate and vindictive , Brahman , whose name was CHA'NA- CYA , and who raised to the throne a man of the Maurya race , named CHANDRAGUPTA : by the death of NANDA , and his fons , the Cha- triya family of ...
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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