The Works of Sir William Jones, Volume 2Garland Pub., 1984 - 188 pages |
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William Jones. from the old Indian ftem , though some of them were foon intermixed with the first ram- blers from Tartary , whofe language feems to have been the basis of that now spoken by the Moguls . We come back to the Indian islands ...
William Jones. from the old Indian ftem , though some of them were foon intermixed with the first ram- blers from Tartary , whofe language feems to have been the basis of that now spoken by the Moguls . We come back to the Indian islands ...
Page 176
... Indian mythology ; and a com- plete explanation of them would have done the learned author more credit than his fanciful ety- mologies , which are always ridiculous , and often grofsly erroneous . The Tartars having been wholly ...
... Indian mythology ; and a com- plete explanation of them would have done the learned author more credit than his fanciful ety- mologies , which are always ridiculous , and often grofsly erroneous . The Tartars having been wholly ...
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... Indian prayer for riches would be directed to LACSHMI , the wife of VISHNU , fince the Hindu Goddeffes are believed to be the powers of their respective lords as to CUVE'RA , the Indian PLUTUS , one of whose names is Paulaftya , he is ...
... Indian prayer for riches would be directed to LACSHMI , the wife of VISHNU , fince the Hindu Goddeffes are believed to be the powers of their respective lords as to CUVE'RA , the Indian PLUTUS , one of whose names is Paulaftya , he is ...
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