The Works of Sir William Jones, Volume 2J. Stockdale and J. Walker, 1807 - 13 pages |
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... - four thousand years , or fifty - four seconds of a degree to be paffed in one year , yet we may have rea- fon to think , that the old Indian aftronomers had made a more accurate calculation , but con- cealed OF THE HINDUS .
... - four thousand years , or fifty - four seconds of a degree to be paffed in one year , yet we may have rea- fon to think , that the old Indian aftronomers had made a more accurate calculation , but con- cealed OF THE HINDUS .
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... west ; by turning back without having reached Carcata , " the north and eaft . By returning , when he " has juft paffed the fummer folftitial point , he E 2 ON INDIAN CHRONOLOGY . 51 two first, which are the most important, in ...
... west ; by turning back without having reached Carcata , " the north and eaft . By returning , when he " has juft paffed the fummer folftitial point , he E 2 ON INDIAN CHRONOLOGY . 51 two first, which are the most important, in ...
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William Jones. " has juft paffed the fummer folftitial point , he " makes wealth fecure and grain abundant , " fince he moves thus according to nature ; but " the fun , by moving unnaturally , excites ter- " rour . " Now the Hindu ...
William Jones. " has juft paffed the fummer folftitial point , he " makes wealth fecure and grain abundant , " fince he moves thus according to nature ; but " the fun , by moving unnaturally , excites ter- " rour . " Now the Hindu ...
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... the folfti- tial colure paffed through the 10th degree of Punarvasu and 3 ° 20 ' of Uttaráhárà , while the equinoctial colure cut the Hindu ecliptick in the first of Afwini and 6 ° 40 ′ of Chitrà 54 A SUPPLEMENT TO THE ESSAY.
... the folfti- tial colure paffed through the 10th degree of Punarvasu and 3 ° 20 ' of Uttaráhárà , while the equinoctial colure cut the Hindu ecliptick in the first of Afwini and 6 ° 40 ′ of Chitrà 54 A SUPPLEMENT TO THE ESSAY.
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... paffed his firft examinations with credit in his way to literary diftinctions , but was afterwards allured from the pursuit of learning by a profpect of fuccefs in trade , has favoured me with the Three Hundred Odes in the original ...
... paffed his firft examinations with credit in his way to literary diftinctions , but was afterwards allured from the pursuit of learning by a profpect of fuccefs in trade , has favoured me with the Three Hundred Odes in the original ...
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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