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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... Nature controlled and regulated for the public good , the three great scourges of war , pestilence , and famine averted or mitigated -- all this may be done and more than this , the truths of our religion may be powerfully preached ...
... Nature controlled and regulated for the public good , the three great scourges of war , pestilence , and famine averted or mitigated -- all this may be done and more than this , the truths of our religion may be powerfully preached ...
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... nature . It is true , that the endless rules of caste in India principally hinge upon three points of mere social economy and order : 1. food and its preparation ' , 2. intermarriage , and 3. professional pursuits ; but among a ...
... nature . It is true , that the endless rules of caste in India principally hinge upon three points of mere social economy and order : 1. food and its preparation ' , 2. intermarriage , and 3. professional pursuits ; but among a ...
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... nature of God and man , the relation of matter to spirit , the mystery of separate existence , and the origin of evil , may here indulge their love of speculation . And this capacity for almost endless expansion and variety causes ...
... nature of God and man , the relation of matter to spirit , the mystery of separate existence , and the origin of evil , may here indulge their love of speculation . And this capacity for almost endless expansion and variety causes ...
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... natural name of Hindu - i , or ' the speech of the Hindus , ' and adopted an artificial designation , viz . Sanskrita , the perfectly constructed speech ' ( samovv , con , krita = factus , ' formed ' ) , to denote its complete severance ...
... natural name of Hindu - i , or ' the speech of the Hindus , ' and adopted an artificial designation , viz . Sanskrita , the perfectly constructed speech ' ( samovv , con , krita = factus , ' formed ' ) , to denote its complete severance ...
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... nature . The means by which this renovation is effected may be described as a kind of mutual transfer or substitution , leading to a reciprocal interchange and co - operation between God and man's nature acting upon each other . Man ...
... nature . The means by which this renovation is effected may be described as a kind of mutual transfer or substitution , leading to a reciprocal interchange and co - operation between God and man's nature acting upon each other . Man ...
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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.