Researches Concerning the Laws, Theology, Learning, Commerce, Etc. of Ancient and Modern IndiaT. Cadell and W. Davies, Strand, 1817 |
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Page 159
... contains frequent allusions to the holiness of this plant ; and in the fourth Veda we have the following address to it at the close of a terrible incan- tation : Thee , O Darbha , the learned proclaim a divinity , not subject to age or ...
... contains frequent allusions to the holiness of this plant ; and in the fourth Veda we have the following address to it at the close of a terrible incan- tation : Thee , O Darbha , the learned proclaim a divinity , not subject to age or ...
Page 186
... my own examination of them , and a comparison of their style with that of the Purana , or Dharma Sastra . " " That the Vedas are very The work named Upanishad , contains chiefly extracts from the 186 ON THE PHILOSOPHY , & c .
... my own examination of them , and a comparison of their style with that of the Purana , or Dharma Sastra . " " That the Vedas are very The work named Upanishad , contains chiefly extracts from the 186 ON THE PHILOSOPHY , & c .
Page 187
Quintin Craufurd. The work named Upanishad , contains chiefly extracts from the Vedas ; the Upa- veda , commentaries ... containing dialogues be- tween Krishna and Arjuna , named " Bhagvat Geeta , " was translated from the Sanscrit into ...
Quintin Craufurd. The work named Upanishad , contains chiefly extracts from the Vedas ; the Upa- veda , commentaries ... containing dialogues be- tween Krishna and Arjuna , named " Bhagvat Geeta , " was translated from the Sanscrit into ...
Page 188
... contain- ing things said to have been omitted in the Pouranas , as well as a commentary on each . In this work , beside various other matters , is the epic poem , named Rama- yan , containing the wars and heroic feats of Rama , which ...
... contain- ing things said to have been omitted in the Pouranas , as well as a commentary on each . In this work , beside various other matters , is the epic poem , named Rama- yan , containing the wars and heroic feats of Rama , which ...
Page 189
... contain not only their civil and religious in- stitutions , but also treat of all the various branches of science and literature which are known to , or practised by Europeans ; though unquestionably some of the sciences have , in the ...
... contain not only their civil and religious in- stitutions , but also treat of all the various branches of science and literature which are known to , or practised by Europeans ; though unquestionably some of the sciences have , in the ...
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