 | 1869 - 498 pages
...lucky day for observing it. At his birth, his horoscope is cast ; when he is ill, the gods must be propitiated; when he is bereaved, the idol must be...so to speak, the air he breathes. It is the food of big nul. It is the foundation of his hopes, both for this world and for another. He is subdued, enslaved... | |
 | Charles Staniland Wake - 1878 - 496 pages
...a lucky day for observing it. At his birth, his horoscope is cast; when he is ill, the gods must be propitiated ; when he is bereaved, the idol must be...are performed in the name of one or more deities." l The Abbe' Dubois bears similar testimony to the influence of religious ideas over the Hindu mind.... | |
 | 1878 - 924 pages
...and a lucky •day for undertaking it. In short, idolatry is л charm, a fascination, to the Hindoo. It is, so to speak, the air he breathes ; it is the food of his soul ; it is, alas ! the foundation of his hopes, both for this world and for another. It was a day of much importance... | |
 | 1877 - 996 pages
...idol, and a lucky day for undertaking it. In short, idolatry is a charm, a fascination, to the Hindoo. It is, so to speak, the air he breathes ; it is the food of his soul ; it is, alas ! the foundation of his hopes, both for this world and for another. It was a day of much importance... | |
 | William Urwick - 1881 - 252 pages
...famed for thousands of years. Here, to quote the high authority of the lamented Rev. MA Sherring, " idolatry is a charm, a fascination, to the Hindu....speak, the air he breathes. It is the food of his soul. He is subdued, enslaved, befooled by it. The nature of the Hindu partakes of the supposed nature of... | |
 | James Hastings, John Alexander Selbie, Louis Herbert Gray - 1915 - 1002 pages
...twice over ; it cannot be leas than hall a million, and may be many more.' 'Idolatry,' he adds, ' if) a charm, a fascination to the Hindu. It is, so to...of his hopes, both for this world and for another ' (The Sacred City of the Hindus, London, 1868, p. 41 fL). Since his time, for reasons elsewhere explained... | |
 | S. N. Balagangadhara - 1994 - 586 pages
...having lived thirty years among the Hindus at the 'headquarters' of Hinduism, viz., Benares, (Here) idolatry is a charm, a fascination, to the Hindu....speak, the air he breathes. It is the food of his soul. He is subdued, enslaved, befooled by it. The nature of the Hindu partakes of the supposed nature of... | |
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... a letter on business, or on any other matter, the first word he invariably writes is the name of a god. Should he propose an engagement of importance, he first inquires the pleasure of the idol, and a lucky day for observing it. At his birth, his... 