Indian Wisdom, Or, Examples of the Religious, Philosophical, and Ethical Doctrines of the Hindūs: With a Brief History of the Chief Departments of Sanskṛit Literature, and Some Account of the Past and Present Condition of India, Moral and IntellectualW.H. Allen, 1875 - 542 pages |
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Page xiv
... Rāmāyaṇa LECTURE XIII . - The Maha - bhārata LECTURE XIV . - The Epic Poems compared together and with 282 294 304 305 309 321 337 371 Homer 415 · Religious and Moral Sentiments from the Epics 440 LECTURE XV . - The Artificial Poems 449 ...
... Rāmāyaṇa LECTURE XIII . - The Maha - bhārata LECTURE XIV . - The Epic Poems compared together and with 282 294 304 305 309 321 337 371 Homer 415 · Religious and Moral Sentiments from the Epics 440 LECTURE XV . - The Artificial Poems 449 ...
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... Rāmāyaṇa of Tulasī Dās . According to Dr. Fitz- Edward Hall , the Prem Sagar does not furnish a model of the most classical Hindi . There is certainly a modern literary Hindi which borrows largely from pure Sanskrit , and another which ...
... Rāmāyaṇa of Tulasī Dās . According to Dr. Fitz- Edward Hall , the Prem Sagar does not furnish a model of the most classical Hindi . There is certainly a modern literary Hindi which borrows largely from pure Sanskrit , and another which ...
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... rāmāyaṇa ( see p . 370 ) . The tenth work of the fifteen , viz . the Jātaka , has also been partially edited and translated by Fausböll ( ten of the Jātakas very recently , Trübner , 1872 ; five others in 1861 ) . The above long list of ...
... rāmāyaṇa ( see p . 370 ) . The tenth work of the fifteen , viz . the Jātaka , has also been partially edited and translated by Fausböll ( ten of the Jātakas very recently , Trübner , 1872 ; five others in 1861 ) . The above long list of ...
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... well as other consecrated liquid ) was used in the inauguration ( abhisheka ) of kings ( see p . 515 , and cf. Rāmāyaṇa II . xv . 5 ) and in the administration of oaths . p . 284 , line 9 from bottom ) ; INTRODUCTION . xxxvii.
... well as other consecrated liquid ) was used in the inauguration ( abhisheka ) of kings ( see p . 515 , and cf. Rāmāyaṇa II . xv . 5 ) and in the administration of oaths . p . 284 , line 9 from bottom ) ; INTRODUCTION . xxxvii.
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... Rāmāyaṇa , where the story is thus related ( I. 61 , 62 ) : Ambarisha , king of Ayodhya , performed a sacrifice , but the victim being stolen by Indra , he is told by the priest that either the victim itself must be recovered , or a ...
... Rāmāyaṇa , where the story is thus related ( I. 61 , 62 ) : Ambarisha , king of Ayodhya , performed a sacrifice , but the victim being stolen by Indra , he is told by the priest that either the victim itself must be recovered , or a ...
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Page 472 - Wouldst thou the young year's blossoms and the fruits of its decline, And all by which the soul is charmed, enraptured, feasted, fed, Wouldst thou the earth and heaven itself in one sole name combine ? I name thee, O Sakuntala,- and all at once is) said.
Page 246 - Now when Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went into his house; and his windows being open in his chamber toward Jerusalem, he kneeled upon his knees three times a day, and prayed, and gave thanks before his God, as he did aforetime.
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