Researches Concerning the Laws, Theology, Learning, Commerce, Etc. of Ancient and Modern IndiaT. Cadell and W. Davies, Strand, 1817 |
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Page 140
... origin of this but in Greece he appears personage ; to have been generally considered as the son of Bacchus and Venus , and to have been born in Lampsacus , in Asia Minor , where the goddess met Bacchus on his re- that roze , pro- Emble ...
... origin of this but in Greece he appears personage ; to have been generally considered as the son of Bacchus and Venus , and to have been born in Lampsacus , in Asia Minor , where the goddess met Bacchus on his re- that roze , pro- Emble ...
Page 168
... origin , a passage of Herodotus may be mentioned , where , in speaking of the Pelasgi , he says , that they distinguished not the Gods by any names ; they called them Gods , by which they meant to say ordainers ; that they afterwards ...
... origin , a passage of Herodotus may be mentioned , where , in speaking of the Pelasgi , he says , that they distinguished not the Gods by any names ; they called them Gods , by which they meant to say ordainers ; that they afterwards ...
Page 172
... origin . Among the latter nations , they were distinguished by the epithets of golden , silver , brazen , and iron ages . Those of the Hindus are named Satya , Tirtah , Dwapar , and Kaly : names , which , like those of the Greeks and ...
... origin . Among the latter nations , they were distinguished by the epithets of golden , silver , brazen , and iron ages . Those of the Hindus are named Satya , Tirtah , Dwapar , and Kaly : names , which , like those of the Greeks and ...
Page 181
... origin , and destiny . It considers itself as a separate existence , and no longer a spark of the divinity , a link of one immeasurable chain , an in- finitely small but indispensable portion of one great whole . The divine being above ...
... origin , and destiny . It considers itself as a separate existence , and no longer a spark of the divinity , a link of one immeasurable chain , an in- finitely small but indispensable portion of one great whole . The divine being above ...
Page 185
... origin , revealed by Brahma to Menu , by him com- municated to a holy personage , or demigod , named Bhrigu , and afterwards arranged in its present order by a learned sage , who obtained the name of Vyasa , or Veda - vya- sa , compiler ...
... origin , revealed by Brahma to Menu , by him com- municated to a holy personage , or demigod , named Bhrigu , and afterwards arranged in its present order by a learned sage , who obtained the name of Vyasa , or Veda - vya- sa , compiler ...
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