The Works of Sir William Jones, Volume 2J. Stockdale and J. Walker, 1807 - 13 pages |
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... mentioning it here , especially as it seems to be confirmed by one of the couplets juft cited : he supposes , that , as a month of mor- tals is a day and night of the Patriarchs from the analogy of its bright and dark halves , fo , by ...
... mentioning it here , especially as it seems to be confirmed by one of the couplets juft cited : he supposes , that , as a month of mor- tals is a day and night of the Patriarchs from the analogy of its bright and dark halves , fo , by ...
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... mentioned fum is the product also of an hun- dred and forty - four , which , according to M. BAILLY , was an old Indian cycle , into an hun- dred and eighty , or the Tartarian period , called Van , and of two thousand eight hundred and ...
... mentioned fum is the product also of an hun- dred and forty - four , which , according to M. BAILLY , was an old Indian cycle , into an hun- dred and eighty , or the Tartarian period , called Van , and of two thousand eight hundred and ...
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... mentioned dates , or im- plicitly rely on the authorities quoted by DE GUIGNES , we may conclude , that BUDDHA was first distinguished in this country about a thou- fand years before the beginning of our era ; and whoever , in fo early ...
... mentioned dates , or im- plicitly rely on the authorities quoted by DE GUIGNES , we may conclude , that BUDDHA was first distinguished in this country about a thou- fand years before the beginning of our era ; and whoever , in fo early ...
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... , which I will now follow step by step , mentioned this ri- diculous opinion with . a ferious face ; but , as he has not inferted it in his work , we may take his account of the feventh Menu accord- ing to 22 ON THE CHRONOLOGY.
... , which I will now follow step by step , mentioned this ri- diculous opinion with . a ferious face ; but , as he has not inferted it in his work , we may take his account of the feventh Menu accord- ing to 22 ON THE CHRONOLOGY.
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... race of men is believed to have defcended ; for the seven Rishi's , who were preserved with him in the ark , are not mentioned as fathers of human families ; but , fince his daughter ILA ' was married , OF THE HINDUS . 23.
... race of men is believed to have defcended ; for the seven Rishi's , who were preserved with him in the ark , are not mentioned as fathers of human families ; but , fince his daughter ILA ' was married , OF THE HINDUS . 23.
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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