The Works of Sir William Jones, Volume 2J. Stockdale and J. Walker, 1807 - 13 pages |
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... twelve thousand divine years , is " called an age of the Gods ; and a thousand " fuch divine ages added together must be con- " fidered as a day of BRAHMA ' : his night has " alfo the fame duration . The before men- ❝tioned age of the ...
... twelve thousand divine years , is " called an age of the Gods ; and a thousand " fuch divine ages added together must be con- " fidered as a day of BRAHMA ' : his night has " alfo the fame duration . The before men- ❝tioned age of the ...
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... twelve days and nights , and thirty fuch years will compofe a lunar year of mortals ; whence he furmises , that the four million three hundred and twenty thousand years , of which the four Indian ages are supposed to confist , mean only ...
... twelve days and nights , and thirty fuch years will compofe a lunar year of mortals ; whence he furmises , that the four million three hundred and twenty thousand years , of which the four Indian ages are supposed to confist , mean only ...
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... 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- mon divisors , are 6 , 9 , 12 , & c . 18 , 36 ...
... 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- mon divisors , are 6 , 9 , 12 , & c . 18 , 36 ...
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... twelve 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.
... twelve 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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... twelve ) between those two divine perfons . The beft authority , after all , is the Bhagawat itself , in the first chapter of which it is exprefsly declared , that " BUDDHA , the fon " of JINA , would appear at Cicata , for the 66 ...
... twelve ) between those two divine perfons . The beft authority , after all , is the Bhagawat itself , in the first chapter of which it is exprefsly declared , that " BUDDHA , the fon " of JINA , would appear at Cicata , for the 66 ...
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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