The Works of Sir William Jones, Volume 2Garland Pub., 1984 - 188 pages |
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Page 83
... believe , that they were Zend or Pahlavi , which must have been current in that country , when it was governed by the fons of FERIDU'N ; and , if the alphabet afcribed to the Eigburians by M. DES HAUTESRAYES be correct , we may safely ...
... believe , that they were Zend or Pahlavi , which must have been current in that country , when it was governed by the fons of FERIDU'N ; and , if the alphabet afcribed to the Eigburians by M. DES HAUTESRAYES be correct , we may safely ...
Page 126
... believe in fourteen MENU's , or celeftial perfonages with fimilar functions , the first of whom left a book of regulations , or divine ordinances , which they hold equal to the Véda , and the language of which they believe to be that of ...
... believe in fourteen MENU's , or celeftial perfonages with fimilar functions , the first of whom left a book of regulations , or divine ordinances , which they hold equal to the Véda , and the language of which they believe to be that of ...
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... believe ; but fo technical an arrangement excludes all idea of ferious History . I am fenfible , how much these ... believe ; nor can we infer from the preceding story , that the learned Hindus believe it ; for ITALY , AND INDIA . 343.
... believe ; but fo technical an arrangement excludes all idea of ferious History . I am fenfible , how much these ... believe ; nor can we infer from the preceding story , that the learned Hindus believe it ; for ITALY , AND INDIA . 343.
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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