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The same author , when mentioning the manner of embalming dead bodies , observes , that the first manner cost a talent of silver , the second twenty minæ ; and what is still stronger than all the other passages which we have quoted from ...
The same author , when mentioning the manner of embalming dead bodies , observes , that the first manner cost a talent of silver , the second twenty minæ ; and what is still stronger than all the other passages which we have quoted from ...
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The Hindus believe , that , when a soul leaves its body , it immediately repairs to Yamapur , or the city of Yama , where it is judged according to what may have been the conduct of the deceased in this life ; on receiving sentence it ...
The Hindus believe , that , when a soul leaves its body , it immediately repairs to Yamapur , or the city of Yama , where it is judged according to what may have been the conduct of the deceased in this life ; on receiving sentence it ...
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When Tanjore was taken by the English , a curious picture was found , representing Camadeva riding on an elephant , whose body was composed of the figures of young women , entwined in so whimsical , but ingenious a manner , as to ...
When Tanjore was taken by the English , a curious picture was found , representing Camadeva riding on an elephant , whose body was composed of the figures of young women , entwined in so whimsical , but ingenious a manner , as to ...
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In dressing , the right side of the body was always clothed first . If a servant presented his master with the left sleeve of his garment first , or his left shoe or sandal , it was considered as portending something unlucky .
In dressing , the right side of the body was always clothed first . If a servant presented his master with the left sleeve of his garment first , or his left shoe or sandal , it was considered as portending something unlucky .
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... and causes the celestial bodies to revolve in the course he has prescribed to them . * mata may be epitomized in the following heads : -1 . The existence of one God , from whom all things proceed , and to whom all must return . 2.
... and causes the celestial bodies to revolve in the course he has prescribed to them . * mata may be epitomized in the following heads : -1 . The existence of one God , from whom all things proceed , and to whom all must return . 2.
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| Title | Researches Concerning the Laws, Theology, Learning, Commerce, Etc. of Ancient and Modern India |
| Author | Quintin Craufurd |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | T. Cadell and W. Davies, Strand, 1817 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 28 Jun 2016 |
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