Researches Concerning the Laws, Theology, Learning, Commerce, Etc. of Ancient and Modern IndiaT. Cadell and W. Davies, Strand, 1817 |
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Page 89
... give the general name of curry stuff . All but the several classes of Brahmins may eat certain animal food . It is superfluous to repeat that the use of the cow species is positively prohibited , it is even declared to be a high crime ...
... give the general name of curry stuff . All but the several classes of Brahmins may eat certain animal food . It is superfluous to repeat that the use of the cow species is positively prohibited , it is even declared to be a high crime ...
Page 149
... gives the same name to another species of Nymphæa , and the word Lotos is so constantly applied among us to the Nilufer , that any other would be hardly intelligible . " * " The true Lotos of Egypt is the Nym- phæa Nilufer , and which ...
... gives the same name to another species of Nymphæa , and the word Lotos is so constantly applied among us to the Nilufer , that any other would be hardly intelligible . " * " The true Lotos of Egypt is the Nym- phæa Nilufer , and which ...
Page 155
... gives strength to Dr. Smith's supposition , and confirms the opinion entertained of Pythagoras having borrowed many of his * Botanical Magazine , vol . xxiii . pl . 903 . $ the M 4 ' ། religious tenets from the Hindūs , not from the OF ...
... gives strength to Dr. Smith's supposition , and confirms the opinion entertained of Pythagoras having borrowed many of his * Botanical Magazine , vol . xxiii . pl . 903 . $ the M 4 ' ། religious tenets from the Hindūs , not from the OF ...
Page 158
... give to a large plain , at some distance , the appearance of a broad river . The internodal parts of the culms , are made into implements that serve the inhabitants of Hindustan to write on their polished paper . ” * Durva , called ...
... give to a large plain , at some distance , the appearance of a broad river . The internodal parts of the culms , are made into implements that serve the inhabitants of Hindustan to write on their polished paper . ” * Durva , called ...
Page 159
... Indra , the preserver of regions , the destroyer of enemies : a gem that gives increase to the field . At the time when the ocean resounded , when the clouds mur- * Jones . TH . .. R mured , and lightnings flashed , then was Darb- ha ་
... Indra , the preserver of regions , the destroyer of enemies : a gem that gives increase to the field . At the time when the ocean resounded , when the clouds mur- * Jones . TH . .. R mured , and lightnings flashed , then was Darb- ha ་
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