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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... Manu , five hundred years B. C. Of course they have experienced accretions , but many of the same caste observances and rules of conduct ( ācāra , vyavahāra , see p . 217 ) are still in force ; some of the same laws of inheritance ...
... Manu , five hundred years B. C. Of course they have experienced accretions , but many of the same caste observances and rules of conduct ( ācāra , vyavahāra , see p . 217 ) are still in force ; some of the same laws of inheritance ...
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... Manu'a Páy wena na if asiation ” Manu's Karma ghala acta - re.mpenses LOST THE XL - Jetrical Tension of ame of Mina's Māri ami Rei dious Frecepta Code of alīja Other endes fav 1 # 1 The five schools of Himda a LOT AR XII - The Epie Fema ...
... Manu'a Páy wena na if asiation ” Manu's Karma ghala acta - re.mpenses LOST THE XL - Jetrical Tension of ame of Mina's Māri ami Rei dious Frecepta Code of alīja Other endes fav 1 # 1 The five schools of Himda a LOT AR XII - The Epie Fema ...
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... Manu's name ( II . 22 ) for the whole central region between the Himā- laya and Vindhya mountains is Āryāvarta , ' abode of the Aryans , ' and this is still a classical appellation for that part of India . Another name for India ...
... Manu's name ( II . 22 ) for the whole central region between the Himā- laya and Vindhya mountains is Āryāvarta , ' abode of the Aryans , ' and this is still a classical appellation for that part of India . Another name for India ...
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... Manu , five hundred years B. C. Of course they have experienced accretions , but many of the same caste observances and rules . of conduct ( ācāra , vyavahāra , see p . 217 ) are still in force ; some of the same laws of inheritance ...
... Manu , five hundred years B. C. Of course they have experienced accretions , but many of the same caste observances and rules . of conduct ( ācāra , vyavahāra , see p . 217 ) are still in force ; some of the same laws of inheritance ...
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... Manu LECTURE X. - The Law - books . Manu continued Religious teaching of Manu 171 180 195 197 210 211 221 222 Philosophy of Manu 226 Acara , social practices ' of Manu 231 Vyavahāra , ' rules of government and judicature 261 Manu's ...
... Manu LECTURE X. - The Law - books . Manu continued Religious teaching of Manu 171 180 195 197 210 211 221 222 Philosophy of Manu 226 Acara , social practices ' of Manu 231 Vyavahāra , ' rules of government and judicature 261 Manu's ...
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Page xxviii - 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 6 - The embodied spirit has a thousand heads, A thousand eyes, a thousand feet, around On every side enveloping the earth, Yet filling space no larger than a span. He is himself this very universe ; He is whatever is, has been, and shall be ; He is the lord of immortality.
Page xxii - Cor. i. 30,) and elsewhere, that in him " are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge,
Page 456 - Would'st thou the young year's blossoms and the fruits of its decline, And all by which the soul is charmed, enraptured, feasted, fed, Would'st thou the Earth and Heaven itself in one sole name combine ? I name thee, O Sakuntala! and all at once is said.
Page 1 - Behold the rays of dawn, like heralds, lead on high The sun, that men may see the great all-knowing god. The stars slink off like thieves, in company with Night, Before the all-seeing eye, whose beams reveal his presence, Gleaming like brilliant flames, to nation after nation.
Page 16 - Till they became immortal. Then the Ender Said to the gods, 'As ye have made yourselves Imperishable, so will men endeavour To free themselves from me ; what portion then Shall I possess in man...
Page 5 - What god shall we adore with sacrifice ? Him let us praise, the golden child that rose In the beginning, who was born the lord — The one sole lord of all that is...
Page 89 - The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun.
Page 194 - At the same time it is in other respects perhaps one of the most remarkable books that the literature of the whole world can offer, and some of its moral precepts are worthy of Christianity itself.
Page 251 - Thou shalt not lend upon usury to thy brother; usury of money, usury of victuals, usury of any thing that is lent upon usury : unto a stranger thou mayest lend upon usury ; but unto thy brother thou shalt not lend upon usury...