Researches Concerning the Laws, Theology, Learning, Commerce, Etc. of Ancient and Modern India, Volume 1T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1817 - 731 pages |
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Page 16
... Brahma flourished longest without adulteration . " - Indian Antiq . vol . ii . pp . 125 and 126 . The author he refers to , is Ammianus Marcellinus , a native of Antioch , who settled at Rome in the begin- ning of the fifth century of ...
... Brahma flourished longest without adulteration . " - Indian Antiq . vol . ii . pp . 125 and 126 . The author he refers to , is Ammianus Marcellinus , a native of Antioch , who settled at Rome in the begin- ning of the fifth century of ...
Page 95
... , the father of gods and men , and worshipped under a variety of names , seems to comprehend under these the different at- tributes of the triple divinity of the Hindus , Brahma , Vishnu , and Siva , or Mahadeva , OF THE HINDUS . 95.
... , the father of gods and men , and worshipped under a variety of names , seems to comprehend under these the different at- tributes of the triple divinity of the Hindus , Brahma , Vishnu , and Siva , or Mahadeva , OF THE HINDUS . 95.
Page 96
... Brahma appears as the great lawgiver . The first operations of Vishnu , Siva , and Brahma , are variously described by a number of allegories , " and from them we may deduce the Ionian phi- losophy of primæval water , the doctrine of ...
... Brahma appears as the great lawgiver . The first operations of Vishnu , Siva , and Brahma , are variously described by a number of allegories , " and from them we may deduce the Ionian phi- losophy of primæval water , the doctrine of ...
Page 99
... Brahma is supposed to have pre- sented the god of destruction with fiery shafts . When , beside this , we learn that Siva is believed to have three eyes , " and know from Pausanias , not only that Trioph- brawny and muscular ; his ...
... Brahma is supposed to have pre- sented the god of destruction with fiery shafts . When , beside this , we learn that Siva is believed to have three eyes , " and know from Pausanias , not only that Trioph- brawny and muscular ; his ...
Page 105
... Brahma , Vishnu , and Mahadeva , or Siva , who are but three forms of one and the same God - head ; thus the principal divinity of the Greeks and Latins , whom they call- ed Zeus and Jupiter , with irregular inflex- ions Dios and Jovis ...
... Brahma , Vishnu , and Mahadeva , or Siva , who are but three forms of one and the same God - head ; thus the principal divinity of the Greeks and Latins , whom they call- ed Zeus and Jupiter , with irregular inflex- ions Dios and Jovis ...
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