The Works of Sir William Jones, Volume 2Garland Pub., 1984 - 188 pages |
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... MENU who composed the system of law , by the command of his father BRAHMA ' , but a holy perfonage or demigod , named BHRI- GU , who revealed to men what MENU had delivered at the request of him and other faints . or patriarchs . In the ...
... MENU who composed the system of law , by the command of his father BRAHMA ' , but a holy perfonage or demigod , named BHRI- GU , who revealed to men what MENU had delivered at the request of him and other faints . or patriarchs . In the ...
Page 17
... MENU , or , in the nominative cafe , MENUS , has any connexion with MINOS , the Lawgiver , and supposed fon of Jove the Cretans , according to DIODORUS of Sicily , used to feign , that most of the great men , who had been deified , in ...
... MENU , or , in the nominative cafe , MENUS , has any connexion with MINOS , the Lawgiver , and supposed fon of Jove the Cretans , according to DIODORUS of Sicily , used to feign , that most of the great men , who had been deified , in ...
Page 102
... MENU , which oc- curs in a modern copy of the work brought from Bánáras , and which would fupport the antiquity and excellence of the fourth Véda , is entirely omitted in the best copies , and particu- larly in a very fine one written ...
... MENU , which oc- curs in a modern copy of the work brought from Bánáras , and which would fupport the antiquity and excellence of the fourth Véda , is entirely omitted in the best copies , and particu- larly in a very fine one written ...
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adoration affert affured Afia Afiatick almoſt alſo ancient Arabian Arabick Arabs beautiful becauſe believe BRAHMA called China Chineſe cloſe confequently confiderable confidered CRISHNA defcendants defire Deity deſcribed Devanagari dialect diftinct diſcover diſtinguiſhed divine eaſtern Egypt eſpecially eſtabliſhed exiſtence facred faid fame fecond feems feven fhall fimilar fince firft firſt fome fource fublime fuch fuppofe fupport fyftem fymbolical Greeks himſelf Hindus hiſtory Imaus India Indian INDRA Iràn iſlands itſelf language laſt learned leaſt leſs letters MENU moft Mongals moſt mountains muft muſt nations obferved occafion Perfian philofophers poems poets praiſe preferved preſent purpoſe queſtion race racter raiſed reaſon religion repreſented reſemblance Sabian Sanfcrit ſcience Scythian ſeems ſeparate ſeveral ſhall ſhould SIVA ſome ſpirit ſpoken ſtate ſtory ſubject ſuch ſuppoſed ſyſtem Tartarian Tartars themſelves theſe thofe thoſe thou thouſand tion tranflated univerſe uſed Véda's Védas verſes VISHNU weft whofe whoſe word worſhip Yemen Zend