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, 1876 - 541 pages |
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... existence of which has been impressed upon my mind by an inquiry often addressed to me as Boden Professor : Is it possible to obtain from any one book a good general idea of the character and contents of Sanskrit literature ? Its pages ...
... existence of which has been impressed upon my mind by an inquiry often addressed to me as Boden Professor : Is it possible to obtain from any one book a good general idea of the character and contents of Sanskrit literature ? Its pages ...
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... existence is thus secured . The Official Report classes them in twelve groups , thus : 1. The Indo - Chinese , in two subdivisions , comprising A. the settled states , Nepāl ( whose chief minister and virtual ruler is Sir Jung Bahadur ) ...
... existence is thus secured . The Official Report classes them in twelve groups , thus : 1. The Indo - Chinese , in two subdivisions , comprising A. the settled states , Nepāl ( whose chief minister and virtual ruler is Sir Jung Bahadur ) ...
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... existence ) distinct from each other ; and that to force any Hindu to break the rules of caste is to force him to sin against God , and against nature . It is true , that the endless rules of caste in India principally hinge upon three ...
... existence ) distinct from each other ; and that to force any Hindu to break the rules of caste is to force him to sin against God , and against nature . It is true , that the endless rules of caste in India principally hinge upon three ...
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... existence , and force upon him the conviction that he is himself part of the one Being constituting the Universe . On the other hand , nothing can be more devoid of simplicity , nothing more multiform and capable of divergence into ...
... existence , and force upon him the conviction that he is himself part of the one Being constituting the Universe . On the other hand , nothing can be more devoid of simplicity , nothing more multiform and capable of divergence into ...
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... existence , and the origin of evil , may here indulge their love of speculation . And this capacity for almost endless expansion and variety causes almost endless sectarian divisions even among those who worship the same favourite deity ...
... existence , and the origin of evil , may here indulge their love of speculation . And this capacity for almost endless expansion and variety causes almost endless sectarian divisions even among those who worship the same favourite deity ...
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Page 116 - ... suscipit Anchises atque ordine singula pandit. 'principio caelum ac terras camposque liquentes lucentemque globum Lunae Titaniaque astra Spiritus intus alit, .totamque infusa per artus mens agitat molem, et magno se corpore miscet.
Page 149 - When Simon Peter saw it, he fell down at Jesus' knees, saying, Depart from me, for I am a sinful man, O Lord.
Page 476 - 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 248 - 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.
Page xxx - NEWMABCH.- 2 vols. 8vo. 52s. 6d. Trevelyan (Sir C.) — Original Papers illustrating the History of the Application of the Roman Alphabet to the Languages of India.
Page xlvi - A wife is half the man, his truest friend; A loving wife is a perpetual spring Of virtue, pleasure, wealth; a faithful wife Is his best aid in seeking heavenly bliss; A sweetly-speaking wife is a companion In solitude, a father in advice, A mother in all seasons of distress, A rest in passing through life's wilderness.
Page 23 - The rising sun shines forth above the world. Where'er let loose in space, the mighty waters Have gone depositing a fruitful seed And generating fire, there he arose, Who is the breath and life of all the Gods, Whose mighty glance .looks round the vast expanse Of watery vapour — source of energy, Cause of the sacrifice — the only God Above the gods.
Page xl - Cor. i. 30,) and elsewhere, that in him " are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge,
Page 411 - Tis a fond thought that to attain the end And object of ambition is to rest; Success doth only mitigate the fever Of anxious expectation; soon the fear Of losing what we have, the constant care Of guarding it doth weary. Ceaseless toil Must be the lot of him who with his hands Supports the canopy that shields his subjects.
Page 447 - This is the sum of all true righteousness— Treat others as thou wouldst thyself be treated. Do nothing to thy neighbor, which hereafter thou would'st not have thy neighbor do to thee. In causing pleasure, or in giving pain, in doing good or injury to others, in granting or refusing a request, a man obtains a proper rule of action by looking on his neighbor as himself.