The Works of Sir William Jones, Volume 2J. Stockdale and J. Walker, 1807 - 13 pages |
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Page 49
... measures , but ) by the proportion of times , or fyllabick moments , in the four divifions , of which every stanza confifts . By numbering thofe moments and fixing their proportion , I was enabled to restore the text of VARA HA , with ...
... measures , but ) by the proportion of times , or fyllabick moments , in the four divifions , of which every stanza confifts . By numbering thofe moments and fixing their proportion , I was enabled to restore the text of VARA HA , with ...
Page 50
... measure , however , may be al- most infinitely varied , the couplet would have a form completely Roman , if the proportion of Syllabick inftants , in the long and short verses , were twenty - four to twenty , instead of thirty to twenty ...
... measure , however , may be al- most infinitely varied , the couplet would have a form completely Roman , if the proportion of Syllabick inftants , in the long and short verses , were twenty - four to twenty , instead of thirty to twenty ...
Page 80
... measure : thus by putting teeth for thirty - two , Rudra for ele- ven , feafon for fix , arrow or element for five , ocean , Véda , or age , for four , RA'MA , fire , or quality for three , eye , or CUMA'RA for two , and earth or moon ...
... measure : thus by putting teeth for thirty - two , Rudra for ele- ven , feafon for fix , arrow or element for five , ocean , Véda , or age , for four , RA'MA , fire , or quality for three , eye , or CUMA'RA for two , and earth or moon ...
Page 95
... measured ; such as the Gayatri , and a thousand others . Aftronomy is the fifth of the Védánga's , as it was delivered by SU'RYA , and other divine perfons : it is necef- fary in calculations of time . The fixth , or Ni- ructi , was ...
... measured ; such as the Gayatri , and a thousand others . Aftronomy is the fifth of the Védánga's , as it was delivered by SU'RYA , and other divine perfons : it is necef- fary in calculations of time . The fixth , or Ni- ructi , was ...
Page 99
... Incorruptible One " an Aswatt ha with its roots above and its " branches below ; the leaves of which are the " facred measures : he , who knows this tree H 2 OF THE HINDUS . 99 diftributed, like our Orthodox books, into a ...
... Incorruptible One " an Aswatt ha with its roots above and its " branches below ; the leaves of which are the " facred measures : he , who knows this tree H 2 OF THE HINDUS . 99 diftributed, like our Orthodox books, into a ...
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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