 | Richard Brookes - 1812 - 822 pages
...pressed by the incumbent mountain. At the further end are three gigantic figures, which were mutilated by the absurd zeal of the Portuguese, when this island was in their possession. Elcphanta was ceded to the English by ihe Mahrattas. Klfiithe», a kingdom of Tartary, lying to the... | |
 | Richard Brookes - 1827 - 756 pages
...remarkable : it includes, with many subordinate, figures, a gigantic Trinmrti, or three-formed god; Brahma the creator in front, Vishnu the preserver on one...Portuguese, when this island was in their possession. In 1814 the head and neck of the elephant dropped off, and the body has since sunk and threatens to... | |
 | Richard Brookes, William Darby - 1827 - 904 pages
...pressed by the incumbent mountain. At the further end are three gigantic figures, which were mutilated by the absurd zeal of the Portuguese, when this island was in their possession. Elephanta was ceded to the English by the Maltraitas. Eleven-point-river, one of the western branches... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1832 - 312 pages
...it includes, with many subordinate figures, a gigantic Triimirti, or three-formed god ; lliahma,the creator, in front; Vishnu, the preserver, on one side; and Siva, the destroyer, on the olhei. In 1814, the head and neck of the elephant dropped off, and the body has since sunk, and tlireaten?i... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1832 - 312 pages
...includes, with many suhordinate figures, a gigantic Trimurti, or three-formed god ; Brahma, the ereator, in front ; Vishnu, the preserver, on one side ; and Siva, the destroyer, on the othei. In 1814, the head and neck of the elephant dropped oif, and the hody has since sunk, and threatens... | |
 | George Landmann - 1836 - 872 pages
...г £ LG chides, with many subordinate figures, a ïigantic Trimurti, or three-formed god ; Brahma the creator in front, Vishnu the preserver on one...mutilated by visitors, and particularly by the absurd Tea] of the Portuguese, when this island was in their possession. In 1814 the head and neck of the... | |
 | Treasury - 1853 - 276 pages
...; it includes, with many subordinate figures, a gigantic Trimurti, or three-formed god, — Brahma, the creator, in front; Vishnu, the preserver, on one side; and Siva, the destroyer, on another." THE THAMES TUNNEL. THIS wonderful work of art is twelve hundred feet in length, and consists... | |
 | Samuel Maunder - 1859 - 942 pages
...: it includes, with many subordinate figures, a gigantic Trimurti, or three- formed pod : Bruhnia, the creator, in front ; Vishnu, the preserver, on one side; and Siva, the destroyer, on the other. This island is also celebrated for some remarkable cave-temples. Elfphanlina.tL small island in the... | |
 | 1862 - 900 pages
...remarkable: it includes, with many subordinate figures, a gigantic Trimurti, or three-formed god: Brahma, the creator, in front; Vishnu, the preserver, on one...the destroyer, on the other. The pillars and figures have been greatly mutilated, and are also much worn away by the weather and the process of decay. Nothing... | |
 | Popular encyclopedia - 1874 - 530 pages
...In the centre is a gigantic trimurti or three-formed god — Brahma the creator in the middle, with Vishnu the preserver on one side, and Siva the destroyer on the other. There are other ELEPHANTIASIS— ELETTTHEEA. compartments containing other symbolical representations... | |
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... feet high, the sides are formed into compartments, which contain a great variety of carved figures relative to the Hindoo mythology ; but the end of the cave... 
